Portchester
Portchester is a place in the county of Hampshire . It is 6 km northwest of Portsmouth .
history
The Romans built Portus Adurni here . Portchester Castle ( -chester from Old English : ceaster = fortified settlement) was built here later . The rapidly growing town now has almost 20,000 inhabitants.
Attractions
The fort, which was expanded into a Norman castle in the 11th century, is considered the best preserved Roman fort north of the Alps. The parish church of St. Mary's was built around 1120 by the Normans from sandstone from the Isle of Wight , renovated and supplemented in the Elizabethan era after a partial collapse and is particularly worth seeing because of its simple beauty. It is surrounded by the walls of the Roman-Norman fortifications.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W