Verlucio

Verlucio was a small Roman town in Wiltshire, defended by earthworks along the Calleva Atrebatum to Aquae Sulis road. The site lies in the Avon valley where green-sand geology once supported early farming. Aerial surveys and fieldwork first mapped its incomplete ramparts in the 19th century. Archaeologists found traces from the Neolithic onwards, with Roman buildings, a lead coffin and a Romano-British temple three miles north. Geophysical work shows ditches, trackways and field systems spanning Iron Age, Roman and later periods. A 1951 RAF photograph still reveals the layout clearly. Visitors walk low earthworks and field boundaries that mark the town’s outline. Surface finds of Roman tile and pottery appear after ploughing. Nearby villas at Bromham and Nuthills sit within a landscape dotted with Bronze Age mounds and medieval enclosures.