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Dean Archaeol 5
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Title:
Dean Archaeol 5
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Series:
Dean Archaeology
Volume
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Volume:
5
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Publication Type:
Journal
Year of Publication
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Year of Publication:
1992
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BIAB (The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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Excavations on the Roman occupation site at Legg House, Blakeney, Forest of Dean (second interim report 1991-92)
Mark J Walters
4 - 12
Reports on a further length of wall with a first-century AD structure at lowest level, pottery including an amphorae sherd, mortarium and flagon and pila/roof-tile evidence for a bath house. A high status AD~70-150 building is inferred, documentary evidence is also provided.
St Briavels -- the king's great arsenal
Alf Webb
18 - 23
Records of quarrel orders to St Briavels remain in some detail. Their discovery at their destination/s would illuminate the exact form of the six patterns and thick/thin varieties mentioned. Castles providing such information are discussed and there is a note on `one-foot' and `two-foot' crossbows.
The manufacture of arrowheads in the medieval period
Hector Cole
24 - 30
Describes the manufacturing process, broken down into eight stages, from mining of metal ore and charcoal production for smelting, to packing and despatch. There is information from a thirteenth-century text by John Malemort (a quarreler at St Briavel's Castle), prior to details of the forging of both barbed and non-barbed arrowheads.
The manufacture of a stone mould for casting an Early Bronze Age type axe and subsequent casting trials
R W E Price
31 - 36
Reports experimental work that used three casts to investigate level and butt-/blade-end-tilted axes. There are details of mould construction, melting, casting, and the results that could be expected from butt-/blade-tilted setting.
A field survey of lime-kilns in the Forest of Dean: part one -- a concise history of lime-burning
Marlene Wilkinson
37 - 49
Details the history and chemistry of lime-burning before listing twenty-six examples of kilns in the Forest of Dean area, many of which are not on the SMR.