Durobrivae The area of the Nene valley east of Northampton was the centre of an early industry;
this, however, later became less important. In later Roman times, the area north of the town of Durobrivae in the parish of Castor was the centre of a very large pottery.
Durobrivae was a Roman fortified garrison town located at Water Newton in the English county of Cambridgeshire, where Ermine Street crossed the River Nene. More generally, it was in the territory of the Corieltauvi in a region of villas and commercial potteries.
The name is a Latinisation of Celtic or more accurately Brythonic *Durobrīwās, meaning essentially "fort by the bridges".
During the Iron Age Britain was divided into distinct tribal areas.
The area lay between the Catuvellauni to the south and the Corieltauvi to the north, with the Iceni to the east.
The origin of Durobrivae is said to have been as a vicus attached to a "pre-
Its first historical mention is in the Antonine Itinerary of the late 2nd century.
Archaeology of the Roman period shows that Durobrivae was then the production centre for a fine tableware known as Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware, from the 2nd century to the 4th.[2] In Anglo-