Richborough Roman Fort 
Description
Founded as Rutupiæ, the location where the Romans first landed when they conquered Britain in AD 43. From here Watling Street set off to London and Chester, this was a major Roman port handling supplies into the British Province. Over time as Roman Rule started to be challenged it turned into a Saxon Shore Fort to defend this edge of the Roman empire from attack by sea. Eventually falling into disrepair shortly after the Roman's fled Britain in the 5th Century. Today, with the Wantsum channel long gone and the site stranded miles from the sea it's hard to imagine how important this location once was to the preservation of Roman power in Britain. An Audioguide takes you round the site, explaining the remains that you can see.
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Getting There
From Sandwich it's about a mile and a half walk either along the River Stour or down a road to Richborough. Whilst the walk along the river is prettier, it is also longer and the path, at the time of visiting, was in a poor state of repairLatitude: 51.293315; Longitude: 1.332804
What3Words: tribe.shadowed.drivers
