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A New Flavian Military Site at Roecliffe, North Yorkshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

M.C. Bishop
M.C. Bishop
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Abstract

Geophysical survey prior to the upgrading to motorway status of the A1 in the vicinity of Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, identified a new Roman castra site with double defensive ditches, a series of outwork defences, and strong indications of extramural activity on both the north and south banks of the river Ure. Excavation permitted the examination of a corridor over 0.5 km long through the extramural settlement. Dating evidence suggested a period of occupation ranging between a.d. 71 and at least the first, and possibly the second, half of the 80s.

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ROMAN ARMYROECLIFFEDERE STREETROMAN FORTIRON AGE POTTERYROMAN MILITARY EQUIPMENTVICUS

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Britannia , Volume 36 , November 2005 , pp. 135 - 223
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Copyright © M.C. Bishop 2005. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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