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48 Per Page
Extra-Mural Areas of Romano-British Towns
£70.00
Author:
Simon Esmonde Cleary
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544517
Paperback:
310pp, Includes illustrations.
BAR number:
B169
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Biglis, Caldicot and Llandough
Three Late Iron Age and Romano-British Sites in South-East Wales. Excavations 1977-79
£49.00
Editors:
David M. Robinson, with reports by J. Parkhouse, H.S. Owen-John, B.E. Vyner and D.W.H. Allen
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545385
Paperback:
212pp
BAR number:
B188
Sub Title:
Three Late Iron Age and Romano-British Sites in South-East Wales. Excavations 1977-79
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Recent Research in Roman Yorkshire
Studies in honour of Mary Kitson Clark (Mrs Derwas Chitty)
£86.00
Editors:
J. Price and P. R. Wilson with C. S. Briggs and S. J. Hardman
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545552
Paperback:
420pp, Includes illustrations in black and white, maps.
BAR number:
B193
Sub Title:
Studies in honour of Mary Kitson Clark (Mrs Derwas Chitty)
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Caersws Vicus, Powys
Excavations at the Old Primary School 1985-86
£35.00
Author:
Jenny Britnell
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546290
Paperback:
140pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p128-132
BAR number:
B205
Sub Title:
Excavations at the Old Primary School 1985-86
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Byzantine Libya and the March of the Arabs towards the West of North Africa
£37.00
Author:
Vassilios Christides
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711331
Paperback:
156pp. With additional material online (foldout of map I)
BAR number:
S851
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Exercitus Moesiae
The Roman Army in Moesia from Augustus to Severus Alexander
£38.00
Author:
Conor Whately
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314754
Paperback:
132pp. Includes 28 tables and 5 black and white maps.
BAR number:
S2825
Sub Title:
The Roman Army in Moesia from Augustus to Severus Alexander
This book is a military organisational history of the Roman Empire on the lower Danube from the emperor Augustus (r. 27 BC-AD 14) to the emperor Severus... More
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The Defence of Byzantine Africa from Justinian to the Arab Conquest
An account of the military history and archaeology of the African provinces in the sixth and seventh centuries
£137.00
Author:
Denys Pringle
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841711843
Paperback:
758pp. First published in 1981, this is the second (revised) impression.
BAR number:
S99
Sub Title:
An account of the military history and archaeology of the African provinces in the sixth and seventh centuries
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The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment
Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar
£81.00
Editors:
M.C. Bishop
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543473
Paperback:
390pp, Includes illustrations, plans
BAR number:
S275
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar
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Military Equipment and the Identity of Roman Soldiers
Proceedings of the Fourth Roman Military Equipment Conference
£77.00
Editors:
J. C. Coulston
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545088
Paperback:
354pp
BAR number:
S394
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Fourth Roman Military Equipment Conference
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Roman Military Equipment: The Accoutrements of War
Proceedings of the Third Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar
£45.00
Editors:
M. Dawson
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544302
Paperback:
190pp, Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
S336
Sub Title:
Proceedings of the Third Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar
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Luoghi e Architetture del secondo conflitto mondiale: 1939-1945 / Sites and Architectural Structures of the Second World War: 1939-1945
Sistemi difensivi e cemento armato: archeologia, architettura e progettazione per il riuso / Defence systems and reinforced concrete: archaeology, architecture and reuse projecte
£108.00
Editors:
Maria Antonietta Breda and Gianluca Padovan
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
Italian and English
ISBN:
9781407315188
Paperback:
501pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white: 5 tables, 569 figures (including 381 photographs), 17 maps
Sub-series name:
Hypogean Archaeology: Research and Documentation of Underground Structures, 9
BAR number:
S2805
Sub Title:
Sistemi difensivi e cemento armato: archeologia, architettura e progettazione per il riuso / Defence systems and reinforced concrete: archaeology, architecture and reuse projecte
This third conference closes the cycle of three international scientific meetings that were held at the Polytechnic of Milan between 2011 and 2013. The... More
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La Necropoli di Campovalano
Tombe italico-ellenistiche, III
£84.00
Author:
Vincenzo d’Ercole, Alberta Martellone and Deneb Cesana
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407314914
Paperback:
384pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white: 7 tables, 22 figures (including 1 black and white photograph and 1 colour drawing). Includes 99 black and white tavole. With additional material online (figures).
Sub-series name:
Soprintendenza Archeologia Abruzzo, Polo Museale dell’Abruzzo
BAR number:
S2804
Sub Title:
Tombe italico-ellenistiche, III
The previous publications of the necropolis of Campovalano in the BAR series, started in 2003 and continued in 2010, concerned the sepultures dating to the... More
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Architettura militare di fine Ottocento
La difesa costiera e l’impiego delle batterie dello Stretto di Messina
£26.00
Author:
Armando Donato
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
Italian
ISBN:
9781407314648
Paperback:
92pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white: 69 figures (including 61 photographs)
Sub-series name:
Notebooks on Military Archaeology and Architecture, 11
BAR number:
S2784
Sub Title:
La difesa costiera e l’impiego delle batterie dello Stretto di Messina
The permanent system of coastal batteries of the Strait of Messina was erected in the late nineteenth century according to newly discovered plans of the... More
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Wallingford: The Castle and the Town in Context
£63.00
Editors:
K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Neil Christie and David Roffe
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314181
Paperback:
310pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B621
Medieval castles are, as Professor Liddiard states in his Foreword to this volume, 'evocative monuments and perhaps more than any other building capture the... More
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The Romans in Huddersfield - A New Assessment
Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society Excavations in the vicus of Slack Roman fort 2007, 2008 and 2010
£31.00
Author:
Barry Hobson, Granville Clay and Gerrie Brown
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314068
Paperback:
96pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B620
Sub Title:
Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society Excavations in the vicus of Slack Roman fort 2007, 2008 and 2010
Work on the vicus of the Roman fort at Slack, Huddersfield, by the Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society during three seasons of excavation in... More
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Hoarding and the Deposition of Metalwork from the Bronze Age to the 20th Century: A British Perspective
£66.00
Editors:
John Naylor and Roger Bland
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313832
Paperback:
212pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B615
This book represents the proceedings of the Portable Antiquities Scheme conference on the subject of hoarding and the deposition of metalwork. AUTHOR... More
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The Dislocation of the Roman Army in Raetia
£104.00
Author:
István Gergő Farkas
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313788
Paperback:
534pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
S2723
In the last century, researchers have uncovered approximately 50 Roman forts via excavations in Raetia. The rapid technological... More
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Portae cum turribus
Studies of Roman fort gates
£62.00
Editors:
Paul Bidwell, Roger Miket and Bill Ford
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305202
Paperback:
249pp.First published in 1989, this book is a new edition. Illustrated throughout, figures.
BAR number:
B206
Sub Title:
Studies of Roman fort gates
First published 1989, this book is a new edition of the proceedings of a seminar held in South Shields (N England) in July 1985 on the... More
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The Later Prehistory of the Western Isles of Scotland
£45.00
Author:
Ian Armit
Publication Year:
1992
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547310
Paperback:
194pp, Includes figures and maps.
BAR number:
B221
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Roman Military Supply in North-East England
An analysis of and an alternative to the Piercebridge Formula
£48.00
Author:
James D. Anderson
Publication Year:
1992
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547389
Paperback:
204pp, Includes 65 figures and 22 plates.
BAR number:
B224
Sub Title:
An analysis of and an alternative to the Piercebridge Formula
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Lordship and the Landscape
A documentary and archaeological study of the Honor of Dudley c. 1066-1322
£44.00
Author:
John Hunt
Publication Year:
1997
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549246
Paperback:
188pp, Includes 51 illustrations
BAR number:
B264
Sub Title:
A documentary and archaeological study of the Honor of Dudley c. 1066-1322
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Llawhaden, Dyfed
Excavations on a group of small defended enclosures, 1980-4
£38.00
Author:
George Williams and Harold Mytum with contributions by D. Benson, E. Besly, D. Brennan, A.E. Caseldine, P. Crew, J. Crowther, T.C. Darvill, A. David, T.G. Holden, B. Levitan, C. O’Mahoney, J. Webster and J.L. Wilkinson. Edited by Kevin Blockley.
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549208
Paperback:
150pp. Includes black and white photos and line drawings. With additional material online (A3 foldouts).
BAR number:
B275
Sub Title:
Excavations on a group of small defended enclosures, 1980-4
Reports on an excavation programme developed by the Dyfed Archaeological Trust following its formation in 1975. The concentration of... More
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The Construction of the Roman Legionary Fortress at Inchtuthil
£60.00
Author:
Elizabeth A. M. Shirley
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710587
Paperback:
250pp. Includes 61 figures, numerous tables.
BAR number:
B298
This book considers the practicalities of a large-scale military building project, primarily the quantities of materials required and how... More
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Sheaths and Scabbards in England AD400-1100
£66.00
Author:
Esther A. Cameron
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710655
Paperback:
258pp. Includes 80 figures and photographs.
BAR number:
B301
Anglo-Saxon swords have always attracted scholarly attention. However, the almost intangible nature of Anglo-Saxon sheath and scabbard... More
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The Forts on Hadrian's Wall
A comparative analysis of the form and construction of some buildings
£62.00
Author:
David J. A. Taylor
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710761
Paperback:
262pp. Includes 61 line drawings, 71 black and white photographs.
BAR number:
B305
Sub Title:
A comparative analysis of the form and construction of some buildings
The detailed analysis of buildings has been a neglected area of research in British archaeology. This study of some buildings within the... More
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The Roman Channel Crossing of A.D. 43
The constraints on Claudius’s naval strategy
£43.00
Author:
Gerald Grainge
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712970
Paperback:
169pp. Includes 50 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, 9 tables, 12 Appendices glossary index
BAR number:
B332
Sub Title:
The constraints on Claudius’s naval strategy
The academic consensus that the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 landed at Richborough, Kent, has been challenged in recent years.... More
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The Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge: Perth and Kinross
An interim report on the Roman Gask Project 1995-2000
£29.00
Author:
D.J. Woolliscroft with contributions from A.T. Croom, M.H. Davies, A.C. Finnegan, M.A. Hall, K.F. Hartley, B. Hoffmann, A.J. Hughes, N.J. Lockett and S. Ramsay
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714103
Paperback:
109pp. Illustrated throughout with plates, figures, tables, drawings, maps and plans, Gazetteer.
BAR number:
B335
Sub Title:
An interim report on the Roman Gask Project 1995-2000
The Roman Gask project was founded in 1995 in the University of Manchester.It has since been engaged in an extensive campaign of surveys,... More
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The Construction of the Saxon Shore Forts
£46.00
Author:
Andrew Pearson
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714875
Paperback:
184pp. Includes 12 tables, 53 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs
BAR number:
B349
The author has undertaken a study of the construction of the Saxon Shore Forts, a series of late Roman coastal installations built on the... More
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The Construction of Hadrian's Wall
£62.00
Author:
P.R. Hill
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841716466
Paperback:
248pp. Includes 12 black and white plates, 100 figures, maps, drawings and plans, 24 tables
BAR number:
B375
Many scholars have examined the building of Hadrian's Wall from the viewpoints of the order of construction and the responsibility of... More
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A Catalogue of Roman Military Equipment in The National Museum of Wales
£75.00
Author:
Evan M. Chapman
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718262
Paperback:
296pp. Includes 90 pages of plates, tables. Catalogue, Site, Gazetteer
BAR number:
B388
This work is a catalogue of the Roman military equipment held in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Included are an historical survey... More
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Linear Earthwork, Tribal Boundary and Ritual Beheading: Aves Ditch from the Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages
£31.00
Author:
Eberhard W. Sauer with contributions by Paul Booth, Patrick Erwin, Peter Hacking, Birgitta Hoffmann, Stephanie Knight and Mark Robinson
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718996
Paperback:
111pp. Includes 16 tables, 43 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B402
Aves Ditch is one of the best-preserved and yet most enigmatic of the ancient monuments in Oxfordshire, and it has remained a landmark to... More
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Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250
£68.00
Author:
Neil Phillips
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719771
Paperback:
270 pages, Includes 122 figures, maps, plans and drawings, gazetteer. With additional information online (plates, surveys, survey drawings, geophysics, excavations, spreadsheets)
BAR number:
B420
The aims of this work are to provide as complete a list as possible of all the timber, motte and bailey castles, built in the counties of Gwent and Ergyng,... More
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John Lewyn of Durham
A Medieval Mason in Practice
£60.00
Author:
Malcolm J. B. Hislop
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407300665
Paperback:
246pp. Includes illustrations, maps.
BAR number:
B438
Sub Title:
A Medieval Mason in Practice
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Roman Military Objectives in Britain under the Flavian Emperors
£53.00
Author:
Alison E. Grant
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301143
Paperback:
207pp. Includes 4 figures, 25 maps, 6 data Appendices
BAR number:
B440
Since archaeology is an ongoing process, archaeological discoveries must repeatedly be reassessed in terms of a constantly developing... More
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The Medieval Town Wall of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
A geological perlustration
£32.00
Author:
John F. Potter
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407302867
Paperback:
127pp. Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs including 1 A3 fold-out
BAR number:
B461
Sub Title:
A geological perlustration
In the Middle Ages, Great Yarmouth was a town of considerable economic and strategic significance; in 1334, it ranked fourth in English... More
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Surveying Roman Military Landscapes across Northern Britain
The planning of Roman Dere Street, Hadrian’s Wall and the Vallum, and the Antonine Wall in Scotland
£39.00
Author:
John Poulter with a supplementary report on the mapping of the Antonine Wall by Peter McKeague
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305196
Paperback:
157pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B492
Sub Title:
The planning of Roman Dere Street, Hadrian’s Wall and the Vallum, and the Antonine Wall in Scotland
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Medieval Military Monuments in Lincolnshire
£33.00
Author:
Mark Downing
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306445
Paperback:
135pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
B515
Military monuments in Lincolnshire (eastern England) have hitherto received little attention, with only four being the subject of... More
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Roman Birmingham 3: Excavations at Metchley Roman Fort 1999-2001 and 2004-2005
Western settlement, the livestock complex and the western defences
£35.00
Author:
Alex Jones
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308012
Paperback:
125pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Birmingham Archaeology Monograph Series, 9
BAR number:
B534
Sub Title:
Western settlement, the livestock complex and the western defences
Archaeological excavation, salvage recording and watching briefs were undertaken at Metchley Roman fort, Birmingham in 1999-2001 and... More
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Tutbury: 'A Castle Firmly Built'
Archaeological and historical investigations at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire
£76.00
Author:
Malcolm Hislop, Mark Kincey and Gareth Williams
Publication Year:
2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407308555
Paperback:
305pp, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Birmingham Archaeology Monograph Series, 11
BAR number:
B546
Sub Title:
Archaeological and historical investigations at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire
A report on the archaeological and historical investigations undertaken at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire. The town of Tutbury is situated... More
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Roman Birmingham 4: Excavations at Metchley Roman Fort 2004-2005
The western fort interior, defences and post-Roman activity
£41.00
Author:
Alex Jones With contributions from Erica Macey-Bracken, Hilary Cool, James Greig, Rob Ixer, Rosalind McKenna, Anthony Swiss, Jane Timby, Roger White, Felicity Wild and David Williams
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309309
Paperback:
129pp, Illustrated in colour and black and white
Sub-series name:
Birmingham Archaeology Monograph Series, 12
BAR number:
B552
Sub Title:
The western fort interior, defences and post-Roman activity
An area excavation was undertaken in December 2004-May 2005 within the western part of the interior and defences of Metchley Roman fort,... More
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Excavations at Chester
The western and southern Roman extramural settlements: A Roman community on the edge of the world: Excavations 1964-1989 and other investigations
£115.00
Author:
Excavations directed by Simon Ward, David Mason, John McPeake, Sybil Rutland and Tim Strickland. Site reports compiled by Simon Ward, David Mason and John McPeake. Volume editors, Peter Carrington with Catrina Appleby and Alison Heke
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309316
Paperback:
465pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Chester Archaeological Excavation and Survey Report, 15
BAR number:
B553
Sub Title:
The western and southern Roman extramural settlements: A Roman community on the edge of the world: Excavations 1964-1989 and other investigations
This is the first detailed, wide-ranging report to be published on excavations in the extramural settlement of the Roman legionary... More
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Roman Soldiers and the Roman Army
A study of military life from archaeological remains
£49.00
Author:
Rikke D Giles
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310008
Paperback:
202pp. Illustrated throughout
BAR number:
B562
Sub Title:
A study of military life from archaeological remains
This study combines archaeological material from Romano-British forts located in northern Britain with concepts and methods from the New... More
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Battlefield Archaeology of the English Civil War
£62.00
Author:
Glenn Foard
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310442
Paperback:
251pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour
BAR number:
B570
The present book demonstrates how major advances in the understanding of historic battles can be achieved through the application of the... More
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The Use of GIS in Determining the Role of Visibility in the Siting of Early Anglo-Norman Stone Castles in Ireland
£52.00
Author:
Lisa Karen McManama-Kearin
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310749
Paperback:
201pp. With additional material online (colour figures).
BAR number:
B575
This work examines the effectiveness of the use of GIS and GIS viewsheds as tools in the study of medieval castles in Ireland. To date,... More
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The Masonry Defences of Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire
Building materials, building styles and the building programme
£43.00
Author:
J.R.L. Allen
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311104
Paperback:
130pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B580
Sub Title:
Building materials, building styles and the building programme
A detailed study of the masonry defences of one England's most important Roman sites. Erected in c. 270 AD, the masonry walls of the... More
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Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire
Character, manufacture, provenance and use. 'Putting an edge on it'.
£45.00
Author:
J. R. L. Allen
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312804
Paperback:
134pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B597
Sub Title:
Character, manufacture, provenance and use. 'Putting an edge on it'.
The five-hundred year occupation of Insula IX at Silchester has yielded a sequence of 87 whetstones, mostly tabular but some bar- or... More
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Further Discoveries about the Surveying and Planning of Roman Roads in Northern Britain
A sequel to BAR 492
£35.00
Author:
John Poulter
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312811
Paperback:
104pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white
BAR number:
B598
Sub Title:
A sequel to BAR 492
The research reported in this monograph follows on directly from the findings that were reported in BAR 492, in which, among many other... More
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A Roman Military Complex and Medieval Settlement on Church Hill, Calstock, Cornwall: Survey and Excavation 2007 - 2010
£40.00
Author:
Chris Smart
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313191
Paperback:
140pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
BAR number:
B603
This book outlines the discovery and investigation of a Roman fort, enclosing an area of c. 2.1 ha, which overlooks the River Tamar, at Calstock in... More
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