Bannaventa
Bannaventa
Benaventa | |
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Settlement | |
Plan of the site of Bannaventa | |
| Etymology: Celtic: hillfield | |
Bannaventa Position in the county, which now has two not seven smaller divisions. | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′31″N 1°06′08″W / 52.2753°N 1.1022°W | |
| Country | England |
| County | Northamptonshire |
| District | West Northamptonshire |
| Civil Parishes | Norton & Whilton |
| Established | Likely: 1st century CE, well-attested existence in certain accounts of Britain in the 2nd century. |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Postal code | NN11 2NA |
| The focal Ordnance Survey grid reference is SP612645. | |
Bannaventa or Benaventa was a Romano-British fortified town which was on the Roman road later called Watling Street, which today is here, as in most places, the A5 road. Bannaventa straddles the boundaries of Norton and Whilton, Northamptonshire, England, villages highly clustered 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) and double that away, respectively.