The remains of Roman Wroxeter (Viriconium) in Shropshire. Established by the end of the 1st century AD, Viriconium was one of the largest cities in Roman Britain. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Wroxeter #Shropshire
A sleepy village now but a bustling metropolis in Roman times. Have a look around with Anne.
@brandtslurb #museums #museumfromhome #wroxeter mainlymuseums.com/post/895/wro...
A large, robust stone font on an octagonal stone base, set into a tiled floor. Its shape is clearly that of a column base, but upside down. (Make like Emlyn Hughes in the picture round on 'A Question of Sport' and all will become clear.)
The stonking great font at St. Andrew's, #Wroxeter - made from an upturned Roman column base. One of many pieces of re-used stone in a remarkable church. (A look around it adds a lot to a visit to the nearby 'Roman City' site.)
#FontsOnFriday #Shropshire #ChurchCrawling #RomanBritain
📷 My own
A visit to the Church of St Eata at Atcham close to the Roman town of #Wroxeter
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I’ve been Looking at Churches around the Roman town of #Wroxeter this week at the reused masonry from the site #archaeology
Some photos from Wroxeter Roman Ruins in Shropshire this morning. Just a short trip out as I wanted to see it in the snow. #Wroxeter #WroxeterRomanCity #RomanBritain #RomanRuins #RomanHistory #Shropshire #WestMidlands #England
The view through a doorway flanked by two large wooden doors, swung open and towards the camera. Outside, two large stone columns with chunky square capitals frame the view of a grassed area, with ruined stonework beyond and a hill on the horizon. There are people visible inspecting the ruins. The photo is taken from a reconstructed villa, completed in 2011. It was designed by Professor Dai Morgan Evans and based on evidence from the site.
For my first post & first #AdoorableThursday of the year, here's the view from the reconstructed Roman villa at #Wroxeter: it looks out onto what was the forum and across the road to the bath house. You can just see the Wrekin in the distance. All the best for 2026! #RomanBritain #Shropshire
📷 mine
A young archaeologist in a blue hat carrying a ranging rod is talk to a group of visitors on the right edge of the photograph. Behind him on the left edge is the Old Work, a large piece of surviving Roman wall. In the foreground bottom left is a bearded man with a "killer spray" on his back dampening down some of the features.
Ahhh the memories! Here is me giving a guided tour of Phil Barker's excavations when I was 18 in 1983. #Wroxeter #Shropshire #RomanArchaeology #excavation
The remains of the mighty basilica wall at Roman Wroxeter (Viriconium) in Shropshire. Established by the end of the 1st century AD, Viriconium was one of the largest cities in Roman Britain. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Wroxeter #Shropshire
A ring key, a clever combination of a piece of jewellery with a working key, often used to secure small boxes or personal items. (NT/ Jayne Gough)
*NEWS* #AttinghamUnearthed🏺
Recent excavations have uncovered remarkable insights into life on the fringes of #Wroxeter: archaeologists worked alongside volunteers & members of the public revealing an Iron Age roundhouse, a #Roman industrial complex & a shrine.
#archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk
I thought it would be good to keep and share images that have inspired my writing and are thought provoking #book #writing #booksky #author #oc #bookclub #amazon #kindle #ebook #kdp
#Wroxeter #Roman
Just realised that today is the 36th anniversary of my first day on an archaeological dig - a school work experience fortnight at #Wroxeter 🙂 ❤️ 🏺
Shared for #CeilingsOnSunday
Reconstructed panel of ceiling plaster
#Wroxeter Late-C2nd AD
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
Back of the circular silver mirror. There is a decorative broder of leaves and wreaths. The handles are intertwined like a knot of rope. There are also four circular floral additions to the handles.
One for #FindsFriday The amazing Roman silver mirror from Wroxeter now in the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. We are looking at the back of the mirror at the handles. 📷 mine. It's not as sharp as I would like as it is photographed through glass. #roman #archaeology #mirror #wroxeter #shropshire
Detail of a piece of stone wall with two horizontal lines of Roman tiles. The rest of the wall is made of red sandstone.
One for #TilesOnTuesday a detailed shot of part of the Old Work at Wroxeter showing the tile "levelling" course. #roman #archaeology #shropshire #wroxeter
A small fragment of mosaic floor showing a scroll pattern in red, dark grey and white tesserae.
One for #MosaicMonday This tiny fragment of mosaic is on display in the site museum at Wroxeter Roman City, #Shropshire Photograph: mine. #roman #archaeology #wroxeter @englishheritage.bsky.social
The gateposts to St. Andrew’s Church at Wroxeter in Shropshire. The gateposts are Roman columns from nearby Viroconium, the fourth largest town in Roman Britain. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Wroxeter
Wroxeter Roman town, with the Wrekin behind.
Wroxeter is situated on the northern end of Watlin Street in Shropshire and was the 5th largest Roman town in Britain. The Wrekin has an Iron Age hill fort on its summit. #Wroxeterromantown #wroxeter #Wrekin #Shropshire #england #romanhistory #history
The remains of the basilica wall at Roman Wroxeter (Viriconium) in Shropshire.
The remains of the basilica wall at Roman Wroxeter (Viriconium) in Shropshire. Established by the end of the 1st century AD, Viriconium was one of the largest cities in Roman Britain. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Wroxeter
Going through old boxes and found some shots I took whilst digging at #Wroxeter in 1984, now there’s a Roman replica villa where my tent stood, happy days #archaeology
A black and white aerial photograph of some overgrown ruins, surrounded by farmland. A road runs across the bottom. Historic England Archive, EPW028866.
A 1929 aerial shot of the central part of #Wroxeter Roman City. #WatlingStreet runs across heading toward River Severn, out of shot to the right. The Forum (note the part columns in the trench at the bottom) had been excavated just six years earlier. #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain #Shropshire
How did I miss that @jrcasals.bsky.social is on here? For your viewing pleasure #Shropshire folk - #Wroxeter digitally reconstructed 👏
Que ilusión, me han llegado las últimas guías editadas por #EnglishHeritage en las que aparece mi trabajo desarrollado durante los dos últimos años, la Ciudad Romana de #Wroxeter en Shropshire y el Castillo de #Okehampton en Devon, que reconstruí en sus fases del s.XI y XIV 😉
Wroxeter was once the 5th most important Roman city in Britannia and called Viroconium. Some people also believe that in the dark ages Wroxeter was the city of King Arthur and called Camelot. #Wroxeter #viroconium #romanbritian #romanhistory
I’m a newbie to bluesky so for my first post here’s a post about a dig I was on last summer with Cardiff University that I’m hugely proud I got to be a part of #wroxeter #archaeology
Antiquarians Unite!
An investigation into a fantastic, rare lost Roman Bridge in Shropshire. Darren Spratt
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#WC21 #UK #Antiquarian #history #England #medieval #wroxeter #romanbritain
