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The Field Archaeology of the Romano-British Settlement at Charterhouse-on-Mendip

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Michael Fradley
Michael Fradley
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University of Exeter, mgf204@ex.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Romano-British lead-mining complex at Charterhouse-on-Mendip has long been recognised as amongst the most important industrial sites within the British province. This paper brings together the results of the recent English Heritage earthwork survey of the site which has enabled for the frst time the full characterisation of the settlement and its relationship with the core mining zones of the Blackmoor and Velvet Bottom valleys. It has also allowed a reassessment of life within an industrial settlement such as Charterhouse which challenges many preconceived perceptions of these settlement forms.

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Britannia , Volume 40 , November 2009 , pp. 99 - 122
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Copyright © Michael Fradley 2009. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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