Jordan Hill Roman Temple


Jordan Hill Roman Temple is a Romano-Celtic temple and Roman ruin situated on Jordan Hill above Bowleaze Cove in the eastern suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Original amateur excavations on the site in 1843, by J. Medhurst, were followed by a series of excavations in the 20th century suggesting that the site was in operation between to the late 4th century.
In the 20th century the site became the property of the Ministry of Works and is currently in the guardianship of English Heritage.

Temple

This is a Romano-British type temple, with a square-plan building situated within a courtyard or precinct. The floorplan of the temple measured. The surrounding precinct measured and contained numerous deposits of animal bones, ceramics, and coins. The site may also have served as a late 4th-century signal station.