Reconstruction illustration depicting an aerial view of the mansio (guest house) and bath house at Wall Roman Site, looking north, as the site may have appeared in about 200AD

Date:
circa 1990 - circa 2000
Location:
Wall Roman Site, Bath House, Wall, Lichfield, Staffordshire
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Wall Roman Site, Guest House, Wall, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Reference:
IC106/001
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The site was then known as Letocetum, and initially provided accommodation for Imperial officials travelling along Watling Street, the Roman military road that ran from east Kent to North Wales. Formerly a military facility, the civilian accommodation facilities were begun in the mid-first century AD, and were initially timber buildings. The stone mansio was built in the late third century AD, but fell into disuse by the mid-fourth century. The baths continued to be used, however.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC106 Wall Roman Site, Staffordshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Thorne, Claire

Keywords

Roman Mansio, Roman Bath House