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V.—Excavations at Silchester 1938–9

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The Roman town of Silchester, and the traditional site of Calleva Atrebatum, after a respite from excavation for some eighteen years, was again investigated during 1938-9. In 1937 the Duke of Wellington handed over to the Ministry of Works and Buildings for restoration and preservation the stretch of the north wall of the town from the amphitheatre gate to the north gate. After a preliminary clearing of undergrowth and timber, work was started on the masonry during 1938. As this involved trenching along the bank behind the wall, a procedure which inevitably destroys dating evidence, it was felt that before this was completed a series of trenches should be cut through this bank at right angles to the wall to determine what dating evidence and structure existed. Mr. P. K. Baillie-Reynolds, on behalf of the Ministry of Works and Buildings, asked me to supervise this work. Excavations were started in June 1938 and continued for seven weeks. During this time the work on the inner defences was completed, except for the ditches outside the wall which involved a further season's work in April 1939, lasting for five weeks.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1947

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