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Amphitheatre

Half of the amphitheatre, the largest known in Roman Britain, has been excavated.

The rest lies buried under Dee House and the adjacent land. Much of the lower parts of the arena wall and the doorways of the north and east entrance survive.

 
The positions of the outer wall, which must have stood about 12 metres high and the butresses, which supported the seating accommodation, have been marked on the grass. A small shrine and altar to the Goddess of Fate, Nemesis, was found just inside the north entrance.