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This volume presents a summary of the latest state of knowledge of each of the ten forts that originally girdled the south-eastern corner of England from Brancaster on the Wash to Portchester on Portsmouth Harbour.

Table of Contents
Foreword, iv; Notes on contributors, v; Map of Saxon Shore forts, vi; The historical development of the Saxon Shore J.C.Mann, 1; The coast of south-east England in Roman times C.P.Burnham, 12; The Classis Britannica H.Cleere, 18; The study of the Saxon Shore J.Munby, 23; The architecture of the Saxon Shore forts S.Johnson, 30; The Continental Litus Saxonicum R.Brulet, 45; The South-East after the Romans: the Saxon settlement S.C.Hawkes, 78; Defence of the realm: medieval and later defences A.D.Saunders, 96; Gazetteer, 113; Abbreviations, 165; Bibliography, 165.

Saxon Shore A Handbook

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      Publisher Liverpool University Press
      Published 6 January 1989
      ISBN-13 9780859893305
      978-0859893305
      ISBN-10 0859893308

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume presents a summary of the latest state of knowledge of each of the ten forts that originally girdled the south-eastern corner of England from Brancaster on the Wash to Portchester on Portsmouth Harbour.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword, iv; Notes on contributors, v; Map of Saxon Shore forts, vi; The historical development of the Saxon Shore J.C.Mann, 1; The coast of south-east England in Roman times C.P.Burnham, 12; The Classis Britannica H.Cleere, 18; The study of the Saxon Shore J.Munby, 23; The architecture of the Saxon Shore forts S.Johnson, 30; The Continental Litus Saxonicum R.Brulet, 45; The South-East after the Romans: the Saxon settlement S.C.Hawkes, 78; Defence of the realm: medieval and later defences A.D.Saunders, 96; Gazetteer, 113; Abbreviations, 165; Bibliography, 165.

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