The Masonry Defences of Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire: Building materials, building styles and the building programme

A detailed study of the masonry defences of one of England's most important Roman sites. Erected in c. 270 AD, the masonry walls of the Roman town of Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum; Hampshire, S. England) are part of the third system in a series of defensive works. They stand today to a height of almost 5m and are composed of up to seven lifts or stages, each consisting of a flint core and facing (now almost completely robbed away), capped by a string-course of large blocks and slabs that stretches across the full width (c. 3m) of the walls, formed of a wide variety of rock-types foreign to the district.

Author: J. R. L. Allen
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Published: 04/15/2013
Pages: 113
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.35d
ISBN: 9781407311104

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