The town was located on a major Roman routeway between Deva Victrix (Chester) and Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter). The Romans first built a fort which has been tentatively suggested as forming part of the border defences established by Ostorius Scapula around AD 52. By about AD 100, however, the army had probably moved on and the surrounding civilian vicus would have taken over the site. In the mid-2nd century, the area was at least partly covered by timber-framed industrial buildings. The town reached the height of its prosperity by the early 3rd century and there was much rebuilding in stone. This continued for the next hundred years. Masonry houses with associated wooden outhouses were most common during this period.[1] Roman artefacts from the site are on display in the Whitchurch Heritage Centre.[2]
It is believed the present day Pepper Street had Roman origins. A common name in former Roman settlements it is a derivation of the Roman Via Piperatica, the street on which pepper and spices were sold.[3]
Archaeological findsedit
In 2016, archaeologists discovered the remains of a Roman wooden trackway, a number of structural timbers, a large amount of Roman pottery and fifteen leather shoes during work on a culvert in Whitchurch.[4]
In 2018, a collection of 37 small Roman coins was unearthed at Hollyhurst near Whitchurch. The small denomination, brass or copper alloy coins, known as Dupondii and Asses, were from the reign of the Emperor Trajan, AD 98–117. Some dated back to between AD 69–79 from the time of Emperor Vespasian.[5]
^White, Kevan W. "Mediolanum: Major Romano-British Settlement". Roman-Britain.co.uk. Roman-Britain.co.uk.
^"Whitchurch Heritage Centre". Shropshire Tourism. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
^"Pepper: The King of Spice". Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^"Archaeologists unearth Roman remains in Whitchurch". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^"Hoard of Roman coins and brooch found in Shropshire declared treasure". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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