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The
amphitheatre lay a short distance outside the South West
defences of the Roman town of Corinium Dobunnorum and was
built in the later part of the first century AD. The two
curving mounds enclosed a central area for shows and entertainments.
On these mounds planking and dry stone walls supported wooden
seats for the spectators.
Taken from the sign erected
by English Heritage at the site of the amphitheatre
The local
name for the amphitheatre is the Bull Ring, a name thought
to date back to its use in the 18th century for bull-baiting
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