Stonea and the Roman FensThe Fenland region has been the focus of considerable study and debate over the last 50 years but there has been no general book on the Roman occupation and development of the Fens since 1970. This book examines Stonea as a central place in the fens - first the Icenian stronghold of Stonea Camp, then the Roman town adjacent to it and the subsequent development of Stonea Island. The Roman infrastructure and economy are described, including the growth of Durobrivae and Godmanchester, the appearance of market towns and large settlements, and the importance of dairy production, sheep husbandry and salt-working. The book is illustrated with over 100 maps, photographs, reconstruction drawings, site drawings and artifacts. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
The evolution of the Fenland landscape | 21 |
Copyright | |
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administrative Akeman Street Anglia Anglo-Saxon Archaeological Field Unit artefacts assemblage bank blocks bones briquetage Britain British Museum Bronze Age building burials cal BC Cambridge Cambridgeshire County Council canal Car Dyke Castor centre Chatteris clay coins colour plate 15 construction Corieltauvi cropmarks defences deposits ditch Downham West Durobrivae Earith early Anglo-Saxon earthworks eastern enclosures Ermine Street evidence excavated Farm Fen Causeway fen edge Fenland Fenland Survey field systems Flaggrass flooding fourth century Godmanchester Grandford gravel hoards Iceni imperial estate important infill Iron Age Isle of Ely kilns landscape late Roman later Lincolnshire located Malim March island Nene valley Neolithic Nordelph Norfolk occupation Ouse Outer pattern peat peat fen Peterborough Phase pits possible pottery probably River road roddon Roman period Roman town Romano-British route Saxon second century settlement silt fen Stonea Camp Stonea Grange Suffolk suggest temple third century timber Trench upland villa