Dear Sir,—The most interesting article in to-day’s Observer opens up wide possibilities in the way of discovery. The great Roman town, Uriconium, on the banks of the Severn, in Shropshire, is known to most of us. The walls are said to have a circuit of three miles, and in August, when the crops are ripe, the streets and walls of the city are marked out by shorter straws and a varied green and yellow. If the services of an aeroplane could be obtained next month, a perfect plan of the city might be obtained. The season is an ideal one, for the absence of rain will throw into greater relief the crops then growing. Where streets appear the crop will be much shorter and, presumably, lighter in colour.
Of course, a great number of photos would be required to complete the whole plan of the place. AndRead ‘As’ ? this was said to be the first place from its mouth at which the Severn was fordable, its strategic importance will at once be seen, situated as it is so near the borders of that mountainous country now known to us as Wales.
By the way, is there any connection betwixt the names Uriconium and Corinium?
The letters in both are identical, and both were cities of the greatest strategic importance
in Roman times.—Yours, etc.,
Arthur Newman
Manchester.
July 8, 1923.
Source info: Found in library.