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oapen-20.500.12657-508132021-10-07T02:49:58Z Report on the Excavation of the Prehistoric, Roman, and post-Roman Site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire Wheeler, R.E.M. Wheeler, T.V. excavation, archaeology, Romano-British, Iron Age, hillfort, tesserae, temple, buildings, architecture, pottery, metalwork bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDL Landscape archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region::HDDA Prehistoric archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region::HDDK Classical Greek & Roman archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1D Europe::1DB British Isles::1DBK United Kingdom, Great Britain::1DBKE England::1DBKEW South West England::1DBKEWG Gloucestershire This book reports on excavations on the Camp Hill promontory fort at Lydney, Gloucestershire, undertaken by Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler in 1928–9. The hillfort was established shortly before the first century BC. During the second and third centuries AD it was occupied by a Romano-British population engaged, at least partly, in iron mining. Excavations focussed on a temple, dedicated to the god Nodens, built within the fort, and associated with this were a guest house (mansion), baths and other structures. Structural details of these buildings are described, and specialist reports describe the worked stones, metalwork, pottery and other finds, recovered by the fieldwork. 2021-10-06T11:56:34Z 2021-10-06T11:56:34Z 1932 book ONIX_20211006_9780854312191_49 9780854312191 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50813 eng Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London application/pdf n/a 9780854312191.pdf www.sal.org.uk/publications Society of Antiquaries of London 10.26530/20.500.12657/50813 10.26530/20.500.12657/50813 d42419c2-5275-411b-8855-aed87bed3f71 9780854312191 9 225 London open access
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This book reports on excavations on the Camp Hill promontory fort at Lydney, Gloucestershire, undertaken by Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler in 1928–9. The hillfort was established shortly before the first century BC. During the second and third centuries AD it was occupied by a Romano-British population engaged, at least partly, in iron mining. Excavations focussed on a temple, dedicated to the god Nodens, built within the fort, and associated with this were a guest house (mansion), baths and other structures. Structural details of these buildings are described, and specialist reports describe the worked stones, metalwork, pottery and other finds, recovered by the fieldwork.
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