Breeze, D. J. and Dobson, B. (1972). Hadrian's Wall: some problems. Britannia 3. Vol 3, pp. 182-208.

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Title:		 Hadrian's Wall: some problems
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Issue:		 Britannia 3
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Series:		 Britannia
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Volume:		 3
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Page Start/End:		 182 - 208
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Abstract:		 The function of the Wall, the order of building of the forts on the Wall with the implications of portal-blocking, a summary of a scheme for the building of the Wall, and the evidence for destructions of the Wall (AD 197, 296 and 367) are the constituent parts of this paper. The emphasis is on the Wall as a barrier and a check on civilian movement; turrets are primarily for observation, not signalling; milecastle gateways for civilians rather than troops. There is no support from Roman military practice, and no evidence for rolling up the enemy against the Wall. Placement of forts astride the Wall is not for defence but for freedom of movement of the garrisons; however the concomitant provision of six portals north of the Wall proved to be over-lavish, and while this explains some early blocking, there was also later blocking of fort portals. Hooley-Breeze (69/530) and Breeze-Dobson (70/674) schemes for the Wall are summarised. Questions of how destruction can be caused and enemy action identified are discussed, and evidence from milecastles, turrets and forts is analysed. B D
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Author:		 David J Breeze
Brian Dobson
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Year of Publication:		 1972
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Forts (Auto Detected Subject)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
Ad 197 296 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Milecastle Gateways (Auto Detected Subject)
Fort Portals (Auto Detected Subject)
Barrier (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 05 Dec 2008