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Conflict / Military / Fortifications

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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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£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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