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Title: Venta Icenorum
Post by: tonybloke on January 27, 2009, 20:36:39
Stopped by here today , went for a stroll and took a few photo's , here's one of them[attachment=1]
I wonder if todays walls will stand the test of time?
Title: Re: Venta Icenorum
Post by: Patrick King on January 27, 2009, 20:41:47
stunning picture.

where was this picture taken?
Title: Re: Venta Icenorum
Post by: tonybloke on January 27, 2009, 20:45:19
venta icenorum!!
Title: Re: Venta Icenorum
Post by: saddad on January 27, 2009, 21:28:56
The settlement of the Icenii... probably somehwere like Brough in Norfolk...
Sorry don't know my Itinerary well enough..   :-\
Title: Re: Venta Icenorum
Post by: tonybloke on January 27, 2009, 22:35:16
'the market of the Iceni',  Caistor st edmunds, just off of the norwich southern bypass! have a look on google earth / maps. you'll see how the christians built a church inside the walls, about 1100 AD ish. It's a lovely place to stop and have a cuppa, looking out across the Tas valley. ;)
http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/researchareas/JWMP/CaistorRomanTown/crtp1.html
look here for more info