Venta Icenorum

Venta Icenorum (Classical Latin: [ˈwɛnta ɪkeːˈnoːrũː],[1] literally "marketplace of the Iceni")[2] was the civitas[3] or capital of the Iceni tribe, located at modern-day Caistor St Edmund in the English county of Norfolk.

The Iceni inhabited the flatlands and marshes of that county and are famous for having revolted against Roman rule under their queen Boudica in the winter of 61 CE.

In 1928, an aerial reconnaissance flight of a farm near Caistor St Edmund rediscovered the ruins of Venta Icenorum.

[6] The site subsequently remained uninvestigated until the University of Nottingham reopened it in 2009 seeking Iron Age (Iceni) structures beneath the town.

In 2011, the Trust expanded the site by buying an additional 55 acres of land across the river opposite the West Gate.