saxon shore

Current Archaeology
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Seeking the Saxon Shore: a guide to the coastal forts of Roman Britain

This new book from Pen & Sword is a most welcome one: many people are familiar with the Saxon Shore forts of east and south-east England, but there has not been a comprehensive guide to them published since Andrew Pearson’s…

Current Archaeology
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South-east England’s Saxon Shore forts: Excavating the CA archives

Following on from last month’s column, here I continue my survey of the Saxon Shore forts of south-east England: a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel thatwere established in the late 3rd century AD to defend Britain against the incursions of Saxon raiders