Landscapes of Roman Britain
Gresham College Lectures
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The Transformation of the Landscape
Aerial photography and geophysics have been able to map the density of settlements in East Yorkshire. Each one of these rings represents a farm site in this landscape again incredibly densely occupied. And here we see transformation around about 80 70 lasting for 10 or 15 years when the Roman army arrive. The soldiers have a fort the fort is to one side of these existing farmsteads but it looks as though from the detail that people gathered around the fort there is a large roundhouse just outside the fort so people are cozying up if you like to the Roman army.
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