Books, a Roman Staging Post and some Romano-Britain themed book recommendations!
In our quest to find ever more exciting books to read and recommend we try and leave no stone, or in this case telephone box, unturned! What a great way to re-use a redundant telephone box!
Inspired by reads set in Romano Britain, such as Christina Phillips‘![17401185[1]-002](https://a-readers-review-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/174011851-002.jpg)
Betrayed and Tainted, click titles for reviews, we took the family on a visit to the nearby village of Wall.
The village was once the Roman settlement Letocetum, an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales, which cuts across England and passes through the Midlands. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers. The foundations of an inn and bathhouse can be seen, and many of the excavated finds are displayed in a fascinating museum. It became a small town and place where much trade took place.It is managed and maintained by English Heritage and owned by National Trust.
The children loved exploring the site and there is a lovely walk around the village and the adjacent countryside which incorporates an ancient greenway and some charming country lanes, with some great views of the countryside. I’ve posted a few other pics of our afternoon out for anyone interested to have a peep and also a link to the English Heritage site.
I plan to produce a list of book recommendations later this year which will focus on reads set in the ancient past and if you know of any great reads that fit the bill do let me know. xxx
Tina 🙂
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wall-roman-site/
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Interesting post, Tina! I haven’t visited that part of England. It looks a great day out! A series of books I’ve loved that are set in the ancient past are Jean Auel’s, which start with Clan of the Cave Bear. Have you read them? They’re a cracking read.
It was a lovely day out Helena and one of the last sunny days that we had in the Midlands last year. I have heard of Jean Auel’s books and I will have to check them out – once again thank you for your recommendation. I will definitely add them to the list that I am compiling for a future themed series of posts on historical reads set in ancient times. 🙂