Detail of core of exterior face of south east section of two-mile-long Roman wall built AD265-70 to defend the city of Verulamium (St Albans), England
Detail of flint and brick core of exterior face of south east section of two-mile-long Roman wall built AD265-70 to defend the city of Verulamium (St Albans), England, UK. The C3rdAD walls stood to 5m high plus walkway & parapet. The first Roman settlement was founded here c AD49 at a crossing of the river Vere just NE of the tribal capital of the Catuvellauni. In the C3rdAD Verulamium had become the third largest Romano-British town: some 200 acres within stone walls. The dressed facing flints have been removed revealing the core of mortared flints with brick bonding layers. This stretch of the wall runs westwards uphill from the site of the London Gate on Watling Street which linked London to the south east with Chester (Deva) to the north west.
Size: 4032px × 6048px
Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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