Tolkien Associations
There is a legend that after about 20 years of the Romans leaving, the local people forgot the Romans had settled there and began to believe the ruins were the home to dwarves, hobgoblins and little people. The site was excavated by Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the 1920s. The author of The Lord of the Rings novel, J. R. R. Tolkien, was part of the excavation team and he is said to have been influenced by such folk tales which he used to develop his stories of Middle-earth. He wrote a report, The Name 'Nodens', following the excavation.
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