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.

A propos de l'auteur

J.R.L. Allen

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J. R. L. Allen
• Edition: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9781407311104
• ISBN: 978-1-4073-1110-4
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 9 mm
• Poids: 514 g
• Thèmes: BAR British; BAR British Series
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Antiquité; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général