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Metchley Fort

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Gabriel Moss, Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette

Last modified Jan 29, 2026 10:02 AM — History

A Roman fort built in the area of modern Birmingham, England, soon after the Roman invasion of A.D. 43. The fort, about 200 square meters in area, was in use periodically until its abandonment ca. A.D. 120.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973041326

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
52.4509702274, -1.93835538174

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Metchley Roman Fort (AD 43 - AD 410) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Metchley Fort located on Icknield Street (30 BC - AD 300)

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Place type:
fort

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Gabriel Moss, Tom Elliott, and Maxime Guénette, 'Metchley Fort: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973041326> [accessed: 14 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/973041326 |title=Places: 973041326 (Metchley Fort) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 14, 2026 9:22 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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