The Romano-British Roadside Settlement at Wilcote, Oxfordshire II: Excavations 1993-96

by A.R. Hands

Neither towns nor villas, the function of Roman road-side settlements has previously been regarded as a mystery. Wilcote, however, has now been thoroughly investigated and Anthony Hands suggests in this publication that it may have functioned as both a watering post for travellers along Akeman Street and as a kind of navvies' encampment for road maintenance (connected with large quarries reported on in this volume). The 1993-1996 finds report contains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860548767
• ISBN13: 9780860548768
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.7"