Britannia Monograph series

Recension of Sir Ian Richmond's excavations with St Joseph of the Agricolan fortress occupied AD 83-6. Includes 'redoubt' and 'officers' temporary compound', 49-acre construction camp and stone quarry site as well as the fortress; all discussed in context of Roman Scotland. Specialist reports.

'The past thirty years have witnessed an extraordinary outpouring of work on Roman Britain' (ed's preface), some themes of which are explored by sixteen contributors who illustrate the changing pattern of research objectives in the period under review. The scene is set by Colin Haselgrove (pp 1-18), 'The Later Iron Age in southern Britain and beyond', while Valerie A Maxfield (19-29) deals with 'Conquest and aftermath'. 'The Flavian and Trajanic northern frontier' is Charles Daniels's topic (31-5), followed by David J Breeze (37-60) on 'The northern frontiers' and Lawrence Keppie (61-73) looking 'Beyond the northern frontier: Roman and native in Scotland'. Malcolm Todd (75-89) treats 'The early cities' while John Wacher (91-114) takes 'Cities from the 2nd to 4th centuries'. David Miles (115-26) discusses 'The Romano-British countryside', while 'Agriculture in Roman Britain: the dynamics of change' is examined by Martin Jones (127-34), and 'Animals in Roman Britain' are taken by Annie Grant (135-46). T W Potter (147-73) offers 'The Roman Fenland: a review of recent work', and Michael Fulford (175-201) discusses 'The economy of Roman Britain'. T F C Blagg (203-17) considers 'Art and architecture' and Martin Henig (219-34) 'Religion in Roman Britain'. For the 4th century, Simon Esmonde Cleary (235-44) looks at 'Constantine I to Constantine III'. J J Wilkes closes the volume with 'A prospect of Roman Britain' (245-50), and there is a select bibliography for 1960-88 (25 1-65).

This volume represents the first detailed publication of the civil settlement outside the legionary fortress at Caerleon. Extensive excavations uncovered 22 buildings in a range of construction types, from ‘cottages’ to strip buildings and larger buildings. Waterlogging of the lowest levels preserved environmental evidence for the earlier phases. Vast quantities of artefacts were recovered. Of particular interest are the assemblages of lead and copper alloy objects and ceramic figurines

In 1990 rescue excavations by the University of Birmingham, funded jointly by Showerings Ltd and English Heritage, revealed over 2 ha. of a Romano-British roadside settlement beside the Fosse Way in Somerset. Fosse Lane can now take its place among the better known of the smaller towns and roadside settlements of Roman Britain. The excavations revealed evidence for a typical, agricultural and minor industrial centre, developing from the end of the 1st century AD and with its floruit in the 4th. Streets, plot layouts, plans of both timber-frame and stone buildings, and several small cemeteries were revealed, including one possibly Christian burial group

This is the first detailed publication on Roman Carmarthen, Moridunum, tribal capital of the Demetae of West Wales. It covers seven excavations carried out by the Dyfed Archaeological Trust between 1978 and 1993. Small rescue excavations located the Roman auxiliary fort west of the later town. The largest site at Priory Street encompassed the intersection of two Roman streets, flanked by a sequence of buildings (early 2nd to late 4th century) with evidence of smithing and baking. Important evidence was produced on the processes of laying out a Roman town. A substantial building, possibly a mansio, on the south side of the town was also sampled. The finds assemblages are valuable for comparison with other towns and especially in the context of the supposedly lightly romanised hinterland. The numerous illustrations include splendid reconstruction drawings by Neil Ludlow