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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Blestium-Viroconium

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๐Ÿ›๏ธ Blestium-Viroconium
Roman frontier settlement in Herefordshire, England


๐Ÿ• 2 min read ยท Updated 15 Mar 2026 at 19:46
๐Ÿ“Œ Fast Facts
  • Located near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, along the Welsh-English border
  • Occupied as a Roman military fort from approximately AD 74 to 300
  • Served as a strategic garrison on the frontier zone of the province of Britannia
  • Remains consist of earthwork defences and subsurface archaeological deposits

Blestium-Viroconium was a Roman auxiliary fort established during the reign of Vespasian as part of the military consolidation ...

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