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Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought

Started by Imperial Dave, June 07, 2020, 08:34:40 PM

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Imperial Dave

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52911797

Data from 2018 so not sure if the analysis has been completed recently but interesting nonetheless
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Jim Webster

Quote from: Holly on June 07, 2020, 08:34:40 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52911797

Data from 2018 so not sure if the analysis has been completed recently but interesting nonetheless

Interesting, and as the gaps are identified, they shrink as people concentrate on those areas  8)

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Imperial Dave

huge amounts in point of fact. Lidar is your friend though in these enlightened times
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Swampster

I wonder if the circular marks next to one of the camps is for horses, as with the one enclosed by the Lunt.

Erpingham

The Lunt one is an exercise/training area attached to a regular fort.  It's unlikely you'd do that for a marching camp.  I'd suggest it's more likely to be an earlier barrow. 

Swampster

Ah, I see from the COFLEIN website that "The fort's southern defences abut a pair of plough-levelled round barrows (NPRN 423338); the eastern smaller one, measuring 30 m in diameter, has a 'keyhole'-shaped cutting into its centre from the north, potentially evidence for its modification by the Romans to form an oven or kiln."

Imperial Dave

I use the COFLEIN website quite often. I find it a very useful trove of ionformation
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