🏛️ Letocetum
Roman auxiliary fort and settlement in the West Midlands
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Wall, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
- Period: Established circa AD 50; occupied into the 4th century
- Type: Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) on Watling Street
- Status: Scheduled Ancient Monument; site remains largely unexcavated beneath modern landscape
Letocetum was a Roman auxiliary fort positioned on Watling Street, the principal military and commercial route linking Londinium (London) and Wroxeter in the north. Occupied for approximately three centuries, it served as a garrison point and supply depot during Rome's occupation of Britain. The site lies beneath the village of Wall in Staffordshire and remains one of the lesser-explored Roman forts in the Midlands ...