Isca Dumnoniorum
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Isca Dumnoniorum, also known simply as Isca, was originally a Roman legionary fortress for the Second Augustan Legion in the Roman province of Britannia at the site of present-day Exeter in Devon.
City walls, Exeter. Some of the stonework is medieval.
A Roman mosaic floor discovered under the ruins of St Catherine's Chapel and Almshouses. It is now on display at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
Some of the items from Isca Dumnoniorum at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Exeter city walls
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Exeter's city walls survive as a circuit approximately 2.35km long, of which 72% is still visible, some parts up to 2.5m high. The walls of Exeter, England, are a scheduled monument.
Isca Dumnoniorum
…present-day Exeter in Devon. The town grew up around this fortress and served as the tribal capital of the Dumnonians under and after the Romans. The city walls of Exeter (some 70% of which survive) mark the former perimeter of Isca. The name Isca Dumnoniorum is a Latinization of a native Brittonic name describing flowing…
Athelstan's tower, at part of the city walls