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'Metchley Fort' was a Roman fort in what is now Birmingham, England[1].
It lies on the course of a Roman road, Icknield Street, on the site of the present Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston. The fort was constructed soon after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. In AD 70, the fort was abandoned, only to be reoccupied a few years later before being abandoned again in AD 120. Remains have also been found of a civilian settlement, or ''vicus,'' alongside the fort.
On September 28, 1953, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, G. H. W. Griffith, opened the newly restored north-west corner of the fort. The reconstruction of the corner did not last long, however, as it was later destroyed by vandals[2].
The remains of the fort are one of 13 Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Birmingham.
1. Metchley Birmingham's Roman Fort
2. ''The History of Greater Birmingham - down to 1830'', Victor Skipp, 1987, V. H. T. Skipp (ISBN 0-9506998-0-2)
It lies on the course of a Roman road, Icknield Street, on the site of the present Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston. The fort was constructed soon after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. In AD 70, the fort was abandoned, only to be reoccupied a few years later before being abandoned again in AD 120. Remains have also been found of a civilian settlement, or ''vicus,'' alongside the fort.
On September 28, 1953, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, G. H. W. Griffith, opened the newly restored north-west corner of the fort. The reconstruction of the corner did not last long, however, as it was later destroyed by vandals[2].
The remains of the fort are one of 13 Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Birmingham.
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References
1. Metchley Birmingham's Roman Fort
2. ''The History of Greater Birmingham - down to 1830'', Victor Skipp, 1987, V. H. T. Skipp (ISBN 0-9506998-0-2)
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