Reconstruction of Venta Icenorum and its surroundings
Interpretation by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust
A tour round Caistor Roman Town (Venta Icenorum) is available. This is a full interpretation of the town in its landscape setting.
The view in the setting of the centuriation
This is rather different reconstruction of the surroundings of the town, viewed from the North, as it might have appeared in the fourth century AD. The landscape is divided by limites of the South Norfolk "A" centuriation. Major Roman roads radiate from Venta. Parts of them seem to have been planned from the survey grid. Examples of modified field layouts can be seen: parallel to main roads at top and bottom right, and parallel to a valley at top centre. At top left an area of light soil is shown excluded from the cadastre and left with a "native" form of land management. Note the Romano-Celtic temple to the east (left) of the town. This is on a limes .
