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New Roman and prehistoric aerial discoveries at Grandford, Cambridgeshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

T. W. Potter  and
B. Robinson
T. W. Potter
Affiliation:
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Priestgate, Peterborough PE1 1LF, England
B. Robinson
Affiliation:
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Priestgate, Peterborough PE1 1LF, England
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The Romano-British settlement at Grandford lies northwest of the town of March, in the heart of the Fens of eastern England. It straddles the ‘Fen Causeway’, a Roman road that ran west—east across the Fens, and which probably originated at the legionary vexillation fortress at Longthorpe, near Peterborough, held between c. AD 48 and 61/62. Small-scale excavations between 1958 and 1968 demonstrated occupation for much of the Roman period, down to the later 4th century, beginning at least as early as c. AD 65 (Potter & Potter 1982). It was suggested on various grounds that the settlement niay have started life as a Roman fort, constructed in the aftermath of the great rebellion of AD 60-61, led by Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni (Potter 1981: 85-7).

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 31 - 32
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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