🏛️ Letocetum-Wigsten Parva
Roman fort and vicus settlement in Staffordshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Roman military fort established c. AD 70–80 in the 1st century
- Located near Wall, Staffordshire, on Watling Street (the London–Chester road)
- Name Letocetum attested on Roman inscriptions and Antonine Itinerary
- Vicus (civilian settlement) flourished alongside the garrison for approximately 300 years
Letocetum was a substantial Roman fort constructed in the Midlands to control and defend the military route through ...