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Verulamium
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🏛️ Ancient ruins

Verulamium

Ghost town · United Kingdom

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
51.750, -0.355
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: ancient town in Roman Britain in St.

History

Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain. It was sited southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England. The major ancient Roman route Watling Street passed through the city, but was realigned in medieval times to bring trade to St Albans. It was about a day's walk from London.

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