Caring for Our Roman Past, Conservation Day at the Museum
Caring for Our Roman Past, Conservation Day at the Museum Behind every artefact on display lies a great deal of care and conservation work. On 10th April 2026, we were delighted to welcome conservators Wendy Richardson and Connie Tang from English Heritage for one of their regular visits to the museum. Working alongside Friends of […]
Gathering Moss
Gathering Moss The following article was published in the English Heritage Communities Newsletter, and was written by Ian Davies, one of our Wall Roman Site volunteers. The image above reads: What do you do when you have a site that is suffering damage from years of unchecked moss growth? The answer is simple: you train […]
Archive Guestbook Entries
Archive Guestbook Entries We loved these guestbook comments on our old website so much, that we wanted to preserve them on our new website. Hi Having had an informative visit to the museum and site this afternoon we would be interested in joining the next walk around the site and surrounding area.Posted on 26 June […]
A Timely Celebration
A Timely Celebration This blog was originally posted on 30th July 2018 Where does the time go? You may have read our opening page that tells of The Friends of Letocetum as a group of volunteers first opening the doors of the museum at Wall to visitors. Well, that was ten years ago so we […]
SGRP Visit
SGRP Visit This blog was originally posted on 7th July 2019 On Saturday 6th July 2019 we were very pleased to welcome over 50 members of the Study Group for Roman Pottery who came to visit us as part of their national conference. The SGRP was formed in 1971 to further the study of pottery […]
New Pathway Planting
New Pathway Planting This blog was originally posted on 15th August 2019 Thanks to the museum’s new neighbours, the Friends of Letocetum can now boast beautifully planted steps and pathway taking visitors to the open air ruins of the Bath House and Mansio. The plants will add all year round colour, interest and ground cover […]
Cloud Survey or Cloudy Survey?
Cloud Survey or Cloudy Survey? This blog post was originally posted on 31st March 2022 On March 29th, a Point Cloud Survey team came to the site to create a 3D scan of the remains of Roman Wall. Their laser scanner was able to take millions of measurements of the site, which when linked to […]