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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Jun 07, 2020, 07:34 PM

Title: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 07, 2020, 07:34 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
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Jim Webster on Jun 07, 2020, 07:51 PM
Quote from: Holly on Jun 07, 2020, 07:34 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)
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Anton on Jun 08, 2020, 02:28 PM
There is still a lot for us to find I think.
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 08, 2020, 02:42 PM
huge amounts in point of fact. Lidar is your friend though in these enlightened times
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Swampster on Jun 09, 2020, 08:41 AM
I wonder if the circular marks next to one of the camps is for horses, as with the one enclosed by the Lunt.
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Erpingham on Jun 09, 2020, 08:57 AM
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. 
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Swampster on Jun 09, 2020, 09:35 AM
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."
Title: Re: Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 09, 2020, 09:06 PM
I use the COFLEIN website quite often. I find it a very useful trove of ionformation