This is considered a very likely place for Caesar's crossing of the Thames in his campaign to subdue the Catuvellauni who had been supporting the resistance to the Romans in Gaul. The theory is supported by the facts that: the river has been fordable at this point; that the remains of a substantial number of stakes have been found here (which ties in with Caesar's description of the defences placed in his path); and that this is nearer the most direct line of march than the other staked crossing point at Coway Sale, Walton (the Romans were moving from Caesar's winter camp near Deal to the base at Verulanium of his prime target, Cassivellaunus). There is also claimed to be evidence of a British camp at The Butts, Brentford and a Roman camp one mile north of that. However Westminster is the lowest fordable point on the Thames and almost certainly the crossing point for the subsequent Roman invading force 100 years later.

O/S Co-ords:1822.7740
Source(s):

The County Books - Middlesex