Fabric of the Frontier: Prospection, use, and re-use of stone from Hadrian’s Wall

REVIEW BY ANTONY LEE This volume, an output of the WallCAP project (2018-2022), directly and successfully addresses historic disconnects between archaeological and geological studies of Hadrian’s Wall. It presents a thoughtful and accessible study into how consideration of the Wall’s geological complexity can enhance understandings of its construction, function, and biography. The volume first contextualises the WallCAP project and the ‘Wall basics’, such as the chronology and techniques of its construction. The authors then examine the various geological strata comprising the Wall’s landscape, and methodologies for their petrological analysis. Evidence for quarrying is then con