Roman fort (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 fortification, Roman Empire, invisible, public toilet, historical layer / disappeared object
A fort occupying an area of about 12 acres was built on the north-west edge of the Roman City c AD 120. It had a gate in each side and would most probably have conformed to the common Roman rectangular fort plan.

The fort was probably built to house the official guard of the Governor of Britain, who was based in Londinium. At least 1,000 men, cavalry and infantry, would’ve been housed in the fort’s barrack blocks around the central range of administrative buildings and stores.

The walls surviving here form the curved south-west corner of the fort with the foundations of a rectangular corner watch-tower. The fort wall was originally about 4 feet (1.2 m) thick and at least 15 feet high (4.5m).

When the Roman City Wall was built c. AD 200, two sides of the fort were incorporated into the City’s defences

www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/londons-roman-fort/139617
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Coordinates:   51°31'2"N   -0°5'38"E

Comments

  • Now buried under hideous 60s concrete eyesores.
  • Added 'invisible' category as per the historical/non-viewable object criteria.
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