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A Magnetometry Survey of the Second Augustan Legionary Fortress at Lake Farm, Dorset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

Dave Stewart ,
Paul Cheetham  and
Miles Russell
Dave Stewart
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University dave99stewart@gmail.com pcheetham@bournemouth.ac.uk mrussell@bournemouth.ac.uk
Paul Cheetham
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University dave99stewart@gmail.com pcheetham@bournemouth.ac.uk mrussell@bournemouth.ac.uk
Miles Russell
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University dave99stewart@gmail.com pcheetham@bournemouth.ac.uk mrussell@bournemouth.ac.uk
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Abstract

A magnetometry survey of the Roman fort at Lake Farm, near Wimborne Minster in Dorset, first discovered in 1959, has upgraded the status of this site to a full legionary fortress: a major base of the legio II Augusta during the subjugation of the Durotriges and other tribes of south-west Britain. The interior layout of the fortress was identified for the first time, together with the original road and river connections, extensive areas of extramural activity and evidence for an earlier phase of the site as a marching camp.

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Lake Farmlegionary fortressmarching campgeophysical surveyII AugustaVespasianDurotrigesRoman invasion

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Britannia , Volume 51 , November 2020 , pp. 307 - 317
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Copyright © The Authors, 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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