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The date of Pevensey and the defence of an ‘Imperium Britanniarum’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael Fulford  and
Ian Tyers
Michael Fulford
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, England
Ian Tyers
Affiliation:
Museum of London Archaeology Service, Museum of London, 1 London Wall, London EC2Y 5EA, England
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Abstract

New work at the late Roman fort at Pevensey has recovered oak foundation piles. The precision of a tree-ring date for them is occasion to look again at the pattern of coastal forts of which Pevensey is a part.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 266 , December 1995 , pp. 1009 - 1014
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995

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