Rome Invades - Conquer & Consolidate
The creation of a Roman and Iron Age Realm featuring a full-scale size Roman Fort and Celtic settlement is one of the main objectives of Park in the Past. The Romans had conquered the soft southern underbelly of Britannia in AD43 but by the AD60s we know they were active in this area too and suspect there was a timber fort near here to keep a watchful eye on the native hill fort a short distance away. The Roman fort would be stationed on a road network that extended deep into Wales and just a day's march from the Fortress of Deva (now Chester).
This Roman Realm will transport visitors back nearly 2,000 years to the time when the Roman Army marched into Wales to subdue and control the native Britons through strategically placed forts supported by signal stations and regular patrols into hostile territory in the 1st century around AD70.