The Stanwick Fortifications : North Riding of Yorkshire. By Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Society of Antiquaries of London, 1954.

62 pages, several illustrations, 28 plates (some folding). Original burgandy cloth, gilt lettered. Spine sunned. Contents clean and bright throughout. The book examines one of the largest and most complex Iron Age earthwork systems in Britain. The book describes the vast enclosure of roughly 850 acres and explains how Wheeler’s 1951—52 excavations revealed at least four structural phases, three of them dating to the 1st century AD, during the final period of Brigantian independence before the Roman conquest. It details how the ramparts were cut into bedrock and reinforced with stone walling, and places the site within the political struggles of the Brigantes, including the conflicts involving Cartimandua and Venutius. The report presents Stanwick as a major tribal centre and remains a key reference for understanding Iron Age power, settlement, and defensive architecture in northern England. Size: 21.5 x 28 cms. Category: Varied Books; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…