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Birdoswald: Excavations of a Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall and Its Successor Settlements (English Heritage Archaeological Report)
Birdoswald Excavations of a Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall and Its Successor Settlements - English Heritage Archaeological Report Author:Tony Wilmott Birdoswald was the eleventh fort from the east end of Hadrian's wall. The 1987-92 excavations reported here in great detail explored a long and complex stratified sequence dating from the 2nd century AD. Work concentrated on buildings either side of the via principalis, but also included investigation of the northern defences and the eastern wal... more »l at the porta quintana dextra. The report discusses the pre-Roman environment, the construction of the stone fort, discussing the evidence in different periods, the Roman ceramics, the small finds, animal bones and medieval and modern periods. Quite a clear occupation history emerges, from the clearing of the woods in the early 120s AD to the abandonment of the site c.520 AD and the text is copiously illustrated.« less