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aerial photograph of Metchely Roman Fort Birmingham, West Midlands England UK
aerial photograph of Metchely Roman Fort Birmingham, West Midlands . Little shows of the Roman Fort today, just a raised line largley reconstructed which was once the north west corner of the outer Ramparts. The position of the corner tower is marked out by a modern wooden frame erected in 1956. The fort was one of the earliest in Britain dating from the first century and contained a mix of Infantry and Cavalry units. There was also a Vicus to the west of the fort. At some point during the Roman Occupation the fort was rebuilt on a much smaller scale. The remains of the fort were clearly visible well into the 20th century but were largely obliterated by the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1933.
Author: Jonathan Webb
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Photo size: 19.3 Mpixels (55.2 MB uncompressed) - 5616x3437 pixels (18.7x11.5 in / 47.5x29.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: aerial, aerial photograph, aeroengland, air foto, Birmingham, England, Great Britain, Luftansicht, Luftbild, Lutaufnahme, Panorama, photo, photograph, UK, United Kingdom
Published in: Birmingham