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| 272 of 1764 Document |
| Archive: | Manning | Unique ID: | 218 | ||||||||
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Chastleton | Item No.: | 4 | No. of Sheets: | 2 |
| Title: | Manuscript extract from publication: 'British Oppida and Roman Castra', Roach Smith, Collectanea, Vol. VII, Feb 2'. | ||||
| Content: | Includes a transcript of writing by John E. Price. The information from John Price concerns the Roman camp at Chastleton. It includes an explanation of the excavation of the site by the author and his colleagues and goes on to give a detailed description of the site (Ramparts built of massive blocks of oolite; Pits; Trenches). It discusses the age of the camp and the opinions of past local historians as well as the objects that were found there (Deposits of pottery; Deposits of burnt bones; Deposits of charcoal; Bone pin; Flint flake; Burnt pebbles; Various burnt shells; Animal bones). | ||||
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