Aquis Querquennis

Aquis Querquennis is a Roman fort in Ourense Province, Galicia [1]. It was constructed circa 69-79 AD to house soldiers building the Via XVIII and was occupied by the Legio VII Gemina until that unit was posted to Dacia in 120 AD and the fort abandoned [1]. The fort was rediscovered in the 1920s and some excavations carried out by local archaeologist Florentino López Cuevillas [1]. In 1949 the site was flooded by construction of the As Conchas reservoir [1]. Since 1975 excavations have been carried out on the fort during periods when the reservoir level falls [1]. Excavations have uncovered a headquarters, two granaries, a hospital, five barracks and a mansio to house travelling officials, plus roads, drains, walls, towers, gates and a perimeter road [1].