A Guide to the Roman Remains in Britain

Wilson, Roger J. A. With a Foreword by Professor J M C Toynbee

ISBN 10: 0094686807 / ISBN 13: 9780094686809

Published by Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1988

About this Item

First published in 1975, this is a revised third edition of 1988. SIGNED BY PROFESSOR WILSON ON TITLE PAGE, AND WITH HIS BUSINESS CARD TIPPED IN. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£8.95), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, now in protective film wrapper. 453pp, illustrated. A handbook to Britain's Roman heritage aimed at the non-specialist reader, and providing comprehensive coverage of the visible remains of Roman Britain. It should also be useful to students seeking an account of excavations and earthworks that remain permanently accessible. More than 250 sites are described in this revised edition, including a dozen new ones, all accompanied by site plans and access details. Very scarce signed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to the Roman Remains in Britain
• Publisher: Constable & Co Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0094686807
• ISBN 13: 9780094686809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

This handbook to Britain's Roman heritage is aimed at the non-specialist reader, and provides comprehensive coverage of the visible remains of Roman Britain. Descriptions are accompanied by site plans and access details, ranging from the Roman bridge at Swainshill to the marching camps at Troutbeck in Cumbria.

About the Author

Roger Wilson is Professor of Archaeology at University of Nottingham and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.