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Letocetum

Wall, near Lichfield, Staffordshire

A Roman staging post on Watling Street with a bath house.

Letocetum was a staging post on Watling Street, where official travellers could change horses and stay the night. The remains of its inn and bath house, with hot and cold rooms, are among the best of their kind in Britain.

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When
From AD 50s
Where
52.6600, -1.8600
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

English Heritage and National Trust, free to visit the ruins.

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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