🏛️ Blestium-Viroconium
Romano-British fort and civilian settlement ruins in Herefordshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (52.117°N, 2.764°W)
- Roman period: Established early 1st century CE, occupied through 4th century CE
- Status: Scheduled Ancient Monument; remains largely unexcavated and overgrown
- Significance: Auxiliary fort on the western frontier of Roman Britain, guarding the River Wye
Blestium-Viroconium was a Romano-British auxiliary fort positioned on the western frontier of Roman Britain, serving as a strategic ...