Portus Adurni

Photograph of Portchester Castle in June 1938 by Major George Allen (1891–1940). The square perimeter walls survive from the Roman period.

Portus Adurni was a Roman fort in the Roman province of Britannia situated at the north end of Portsmouth Harbour. It was part of the Saxon Shore, and is the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps.[1] Around an eighth of the fort has been excavated.[2]

It was later converted into a medieval castle known as Portchester Castle.

  1. ^ Goodall 2008, p. 3
  2. ^ Pearson 2002, p. 146