- Vechten is a village in the Netherlands which was established as a Roman Fort in c. 5 CE, called Fectio.
- It was part of the Limes Germanicus until abandoned in 275 CE.
Roman Sites
- Wooden Roman Watchtower
- Near Fort Vechten, there is a reconstruction of a Roman wooden watchtower or ‘Turris’, made in 2004.
Fort Vechten
- Fort Vechten itself was completed in 1870 to form part of the New Dutch Waterline, a defensive flooding system in Holland which protected the city of Utrecht and other frontier cities.
- Fort Vechten is one of 48 fortresses erected along a military barrier called the New Dutch Waterline, consisting of a 53 mile (85km) ring.
- It is formed along the border by dykes, locks and canals designed to prevent crossings on foot or by ships.
- The museum has a 50m model set in the open air which shows the system of sluices that inundated the circuit.
Roman Wooden Watchtower, Fectio, Fort Vechten