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Discovering Roman Britain |
![Discovering Roman Britain]( "Discovering Roman Britain")
This book is a comprehensive visitors' guide to Roman sites in England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands. David E. Johnston, Staff Tutor in Archaeology in the Department of Adult Education, Southampton University, has written an introductory section including a historical outline of Roman Britain and a description of the various types of site included, thus setting the scene for the gazetteer of sites which follows.Major sites include towns, fortresses, temples and villas. Rural settlements and landscape features such as Celtic fields and roads are noted where the remains repay a visit. Less familiar items like Roman barrows, mausolea, practice camps and canals are included, as well as hillforts that were occupied during the Roman period. National grid references and directions for finding the sites are given.The text has been updated for this second edition and several additional sites have been included.
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