Manduessedum

Manduessedum or Manduesedum was a Roman fort and later a civilian small town in the Roman Province of Britannia. It was located on and immediately to the east of the site of the modern village of Mancetter, located in the English county of Warwickshire.

Manduessedum

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Location	Mancetter, Warwickshire, England
Region	Brittania
Coordinates	52°34′01″N 01°31′12″W
Type	Fortification and settlement
History
Founded	50
Periods	Roman Imperial

The fort was founded in around AD 50 on the Watling Street Roman road. The final battle of the rebel queen of the Britons Boudica at the Battle of Watling Street in AD 60/61 may have taken place near Manduessedum. The British forces were defeated by the Roman general Suetonius Paullinus.[1] The fort appears to have been fairly short lived, as there is little sign of military occupation at the site after AD 70.[2]

Manduessedum later developed into an important civilian settlement, and was the centre of a pottery making industry. The remains of up to 70 pottery kilns dating from the Roman period have been found in the area, as well as the remains of a Roman villa. The area has been listed as a scheduled monument.[3]

References

• Slater, Terry, A History of Warwickshire (1981) ISBN 0-85033-416-0

1. "Queen Bodica battlefield to become Warwickshire tourist attraction". Coventry Telegraph. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. "Inside Mancetter Roman Fortress". Atherstone Civic Society. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
3. Historic England. "Manduessedum Roman villa and settlement with associated industrial complex (1017585)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

External links

• Roman Mancetter - page of the Atherstone Civic Society
• Heritage at Risk Register: Manduessedum