Richborough Roman Fort

E64010

Roman fort archaeological site scheduled monument

Richborough Roman Fort is a major archaeological site in Kent, England, that preserves the remains of a significant Roman military and port complex marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Richborough Roman Amphitheatre	2
Richborough Roman Fort canonical	2
Richborough Roman fort	2
Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T514606 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Richborough Roman Fort
Context triple: [Sandwich, Kent, England, hasNearbySite, Richborough Roman Fort]

A. Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
B. Segedunum Roman Fort
Segedunum Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort and museum at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend, England.
C. Chesters Roman Fort
Chesters Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman cavalry fort and museum site in Northumberland, England, notable for its extensive remains and artifacts from the Roman frontier.
D. Birdoswald Roman Fort
Birdoswald Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort in Cumbria, England, that formed part of the defensive frontier system of Hadrian’s Wall.
E. Aalen Roman fort
Aalen Roman fort is a former Roman military camp in present-day Germany that once guarded the frontier of the Roman Empire along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Richborough Roman Fort
Target entity description: Richborough Roman Fort is a major archaeological site in Kent, England, that preserves the remains of a significant Roman military and port complex marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain.

A. Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
B. Segedunum Roman Fort
Segedunum Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort and museum at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Wallsend, England.
C. Chesters Roman Fort
Chesters Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman cavalry fort and museum site in Northumberland, England, notable for its extensive remains and artifacts from the Roman frontier.
D. Birdoswald Roman Fort
Birdoswald Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort in Cumbria, England, that formed part of the defensive frontier system of Hadrian’s Wall.
E. Aalen Roman fort
Aalen Roman fort is a former Roman military camp in present-day Germany that once guarded the frontier of the Roman Empire along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman fort ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rutupiae ⓘ Rutupium ⓘ linked to: Rutupiae
archaeologicalExcavations	20th century ⓘ
builtBy	Roman Empire ⓘ
builtFor	Roman military ⓘ
category	Archaeological sites in Kent ⓘ English Heritage sites in Kent ⓘ Forts of the Saxon Shore ⓘ linked to: Saxon Shore forts Roman sites in Kent ⓘ
constructionStart	1st century AD ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	educational site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasInterpretation	museum displays of Roman artefacts ⓘ
hasPart	amphitheatre ⓘ civilian settlement remains ⓘ defensive ditches ⓘ earth ramparts ⓘ harbour installations (now silted) ⓘ massive stone walls ⓘ monumental arch foundations ⓘ
hasRole	Roman military base ⓘ Roman port ⓘ entry point to Roman Britain ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre	true ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ Scheduled Monument ⓘ
laterFunction	coastal defensive fort ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Kent ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear	River Stour ⓘ Sandwich ⓘ linked to: SANDWICH
location	Richborough ⓘ
managedBy	English Heritage ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Richborough Roman Amphitheatre ⓘ linked to: Richborough Roman Fort
notableFor	marking one of the main entry points of Roman Britain ⓘ well-preserved Roman military and port remains ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
originalFunction	military supply base ⓘ port and embarkation point ⓘ
partOf	Saxon Shore forts ⓘ
significantEvent	Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 ⓘ linked to: Roman conquest of Britain
timePeriod	Roman Britain ⓘ
usedUntil	late Roman period ⓘ

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