The cache is a short walk (about half a mile) from the car park and
passes the Roman ruins.
Letocetum was an important staging post at the cross-roads of
Watling Street and Ryknild Street. It provided overnight
accommodation for travelling Roman officials and messengers from
the Empire. The remains of an inn and a bathhouse can still be
seen. The ruins are quite impressive and stand up to 6ft high in
places. Access to the site is free and the entrance is on the main
street in the village, near the museum.
Wall is a really pleasant village, and retains it's village feel
despite being only a matter of yards from the main A5 (the Roman
Watling Street), and a short distance from the new M6 Toll. It's
also only a very short drive from Wall to the City of
Lichfield.
The Roman ruins are an English Heritage site and more details
can be found
(here). They're close to the village centre, and there's a
convenient car park nearby at N 52° 39.391 W 001° 51.508. If it's
full, there's usually some space in the street nearby. In the south
east corner of the car park is an information board giving details
of the area, there are usually some leaflets under the sign giving
details of the "Wall Heritage Walk". There's also a picnic table
next to the car park.
The best approach to the cache is via a track sign posted "Roman
Walk". The start of the track is opposite the north east corner of
the car park. This is the start of the Heritage Walk and heads up
past the Roman ruins and on up to the church. The track is wide,
but a bit uneven and rutted, so it's not very buggy-friendly. No
problem to walk though. For the return journey you can follow the
Heritage Walk up to Market Street and then head south, back to the
village. Alternatively, you could back track along the path to the
church and return via the roads and the Roman ruins.
The cache itself is a medium sized clip-lock plastic container
wrapped in camouflage tape.
The cache contains a camera! Feel free to take a photo and return
the camera to the cache so that I can post the pics on the page at
a later date. (operational instructions are on the camera).
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