🏛️ Lactodorum-Verulamium
Romano-British settlement and road station in Hertfordshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near Watling Street, the major Roman road connecting London and the Midlands
- Occupied from the 1st to 4th century CE during Roman Britain
- Name derives from Latin for "milk fort" or refers to a local water source
- Archaeological evidence indicates a small vicus (settlement) with military and civilian occupation phases
Lactodorum was a modest Romano-British settlement positioned along Watling Street (modern A5), serving as a waystation and supply ...