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High Cross

Near Lutterworth, Leicestershire

The crossroads at the centre of Roman Britain, where the Fosse Way meets Watling Street.

At High Cross, the two great Roman roads, the Fosse Way and Watling Street, cross each other. It was the site of a small Roman town called Venonae.

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When
Roman
Where
52.5000, -1.3000
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

The monument stands in a private garden at the crossroads.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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