Wall, Staffordshire, WS14 0AX
Date of visit: 24th May 2020
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Wall is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, just south of Lichfield. It lies on the site of the Roman settlement of Letocetum..
The earliest evidence of settlement in Wall is the discovery of flints dating to the Neolithic period found in the upper part of Wall village. The first detailed evidence of human settlement comes in the 1st century. A Roman fort named Etocetum (reflecting an indigenous name reconstructed as *LΔtocaiton or “Greywood”) was established at Wall in or soon after AD 50 to accommodate Legio XIV, then advancing towards Wales. A fort was certainly built in the upper area of the village near to the present church in 50s or 60s and Watling Street was constructed to the south in the 70s. A bath house and mansio was built on the lower ground south west of the fort in the late 1st century for use by its soldiers. It was later used by the inhabitants of a civilian settlement which grew up around Watling Street. In the 2nd century the settlement covered approximately 30 acres (12 ha) west of the later Wall Lane. By the 1st or 2nd century there was a burial area beyond the western end of the settlement. The settlement was mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.
In the late 3rd or early 4th century the eastern part of the settlement of approximately 6 acres (2.4 ha), between the present Wall Lane and Green Lane and straddling Watling Street, was enclosed with a stone wall surrounded by an earth rampart and ditches. Civilians continued to live inside the settlement and on its outskirts in the late 4th century. The settlement appears to have declined rapidly soon after the Romans left Britain in AD 410.
Internal ref number: SF/139/157
Date of Visit: 24th May 2020
Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: A
Crown: St Edward
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Book
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Northing & Westing: 52Β°39’23.1″N, 1Β°51’29.5″W
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Grid Reference: SK 09690 06530
OS X & Y: 306530, 409690
Latitude & Longitude: 52.656412, -1.858187
UK Postcode: WS14 0AX
County: Staffordshire
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