Wery Wall

Wery Wall is a fragment of masonry from a 4th-century fort located in Lancaster. It is made of sandstone rubble and stands approximately 2 meters high above the upper ground level, built into the edge of a steep slope that runs parallel with the River Lune. The Wery Wall is mentioned as a boundary in documents from the 11th to the 18th century, suggesting that its remains may have been more extensive in the past. Excavations in the early 1970s, conducted prior to the development of the adjacent Mitre House, confirmed its Roman origins. It likely formed part of a polygonal external bastion at the north angle of a fort of the 'Saxon Shore' type, constructed around AD 330 on a new alignment. An associated ditch cut through an earlier bath house, which was also excavated, and its consolidated remains are now exposed and adjoin the Wery Wall.