Archaeological Sites in Netherlands
City/town/settlement in Netherlands (11)
Aartswoud
Aartswoud is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland, part of the municipality of Opmeer, lying about twelve kilometres northeast of Heerhugowaard. The archaeological…
Albaniana (Roman Fort)
Albaniana was a Roman fort and settlement on the southern banks of the Rhine river, approximately 40 km from its mouth in the North Sea, at modern-day Alphen aan den Rijn,…
Alphen aan den Rijn
Alphen aan den Rijn is a city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Oude Rijn river where the Gouwe branches off. The settlement lies along the Roman Rhine limes, the empire's…
Brittenburg
Brittenburg was a Roman ruin site west of Leiden between Katwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk aan Zee, likely identical to the earlier Celtic Lugdunum fortress. First mentioned in 1401,…
Forum Hadriani
Forum Hadriani, in modern Voorburg, was the northernmost Roman city on the European continent and capital of the Cananefates tribe in Germania Inferior. Founded c. 69-70 AD after…
Heerlen
Heerlen, in the southeast Netherlands, was the Roman settlement of Coriovallum, established in the early 1st century AD at the intersection of the Via Belgica (Cologne to…
Maastricht
Maastricht originated as the Roman settlement Traiectum ad Mosam ('ford in the Meuse'), a strategic waypoint on the road between Tongeren and Cologne where the Romans built a…
Matilo
Matilo was a Roman fort (castellum) in modern-day Leiden, positioned on the southern banks of the Oude Rijn. It served to protect the Roman borders in the province of Germania…
Nijmegen
Nijmegen, located on the Waal River near the German border, is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. The settlement originated as a Roman military camp established in the…
Praetorium Agrippinae
Praetorium Agrippinae was a Roman settlement and military encampment in the province of Lower Germania, located in modern-day Valkenburg, Netherlands. Situated on the Old Rhine,…
Woerden
Site of Castellum Laurium, a Roman limes fort built c.40 AD on the Lower Rhine frontier in the Netherlands. The garrison of approximately 500 soldiers guarded the Grecht river…
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