Rome's Saxon Shore: Coastal Defences of Roman Britain, AD 250-500

by Nic Fields

Although the exact dates of construction of the so-called Saxon Shore forts are uncertain, the development of the frontier system that ran form the Wash to the Solent on the south-east coast of Roman Britain was spread over at least a century and a half. Many of the new forts were notable for the superior strength of their defences, with thicker stone walls bristling with projecting curved bastions. These and other features were clearly designed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846030943
• ISBN13: 9781846030949
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.8"