Английская Википедия:Buckton Roman Fort

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox ancient site Buckton Roman Fort is an archaeological site at Buckton, about 1 mile south-west of Leintwardine, in Herefordshire. England. it is a scheduled monument.[1]

Description

The Roman vicus Bravonium was established at present-day Leintwardine about AD 70; a fort was built there about AD 160, and abandoned about AD 196.[2]

The fort at Buckton is just above the floodplain of the River Teme. The remains, entirely buried, were observed and photographed from the air by W A Baker in 1959, during a drought. There was excavation between then and 1961, from which a chronology was established.[1][3]

Originally there were turf ramparts and timber gate towers, constructed about AD 80. The fort replaced an earlier fort nearby at Jay Lane. It is thought that this site had a better water supply; traces of a bath house were found to the east of the fort.[1][3]

The fort was rebuilt in stone about AD 120, with a similar size, about Шаблон:Convert. It housed a cavalry unit. There were gates of width Шаблон:Convert, inside stone gate towers; it was the largest gatehouse of an auxiliary fort known in Britain. The fort was later dismantled, perhaps to build the fort at Bravonium, and was abandoned in AD 130.[1][3]

There is an adjacent fort to the north-west, entirely buried but visible on aerial photographs, of area about Шаблон:Convert. It is presumably associated with the larger fort, and may have been an earlier temporary fort.[4]

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