Roman Culture - Verulamium

I sit in the green peaceful park 

over-looking the lake and get inspiration......

This is Heron Island
 in St Albans.

It is a huge lake and full of 

wild life and full of herons. 

Quite an amazing sight.

I am taking you on one of my 

favourite walks here.

This is the beginning of the Roman 

wall which still stands today. It is 

now part of English Heritage.

Clearly this is the base of the wall 

which was huge. It looks beautiful

in the afternoon sunlight.

This is the beginning of

 Verulamium Park, 

on the edge of the 

city of St Albans.

End of long walk
way on way into St Albans

 

          Part of The Roman Wall today

 

 

I love Roman and cultural

sites. It is part of my early

upbringing.

We see the amazing remains

of a massively high wall that

used to surround the city of

St Albans. A great Roman

town steeped in history.

Do you think they had

herb Gardens back in 

the day? Rosemary? 

Sage? Bay?

I am sure they had plenty. 

I love to walk here and find it truly

awe inspiring.  

The Romans were so skillful.

 

It is great to be able to walk past it, think

how long it took to build and what

their life was like. 

Further into the park there is a Mosaic

floor from a house built here. 

It is fabulous to see. 

If you are in the area 

it is well worth taking a look.

 

These trees stand so elegantly towering 

above us humans. So beautiful.

Close up of layers of stone

Part of St Germains block

Love the papery look of this Cistus
What flowers were around then?

A close up of how
the wall is layered

Roman Pine Cone
This still contains some
pine nuts from my
childhood.

St Germains Block




There are only a few parts of the wall
and the Roman remains
left in the park.


See all the strata of the wall
and the middle red brick which
holds it together.

This is also part
of St Germains Block

This really gives you a good

idea of how deep an high the

wall once was.

These remains are quite an

amazing site, here in the

middle of this huge

beautiful city park.

Can you picture the flowers
 they grew in Roman Britain?

These remains attract a lot of visitors 

and especially in the summer months.