Blackwardine Romano-British settlement: salvage recording and synthetic study, 1882
The report synthesised railway discoveries, antiquarian work, aerial evidence and 1980 salvage recording at Blackwardine. It describes a prosperous Roman settlement with pits, post-holes, a well, buildings and possible defensive ditches, occupied from the later first to the fourth century or beyond.
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The report synthesised railway discoveries, antiquarian work, aerial evidence and 1980 salvage recording. It describes a prosperous village-type Roman settlement with pits, post-holes, a well, buildings and substantial possible defensive ditches; occupation probably began in the later 1st century AD and continued into the mid or late 4th century, possibly into the 5th century.
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Blackwardine Romano-British settlement: salvage recording and synthetic study, 1882
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The report synthesised railway discoveries, antiquarian work, aerial evidence and 1980 salvage recording at Blackwardine. It describes a prosperous Roman settlement with pits, post-holes, a well, buildings and possible defensive ditches, occupied from the later first to the fourth century or beyond.
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