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Camelon, Arthur's O'on and the main supply base for the Antonine Wall.*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

T. W. T. Tatton-Brown
Affiliation:
Canterbury Archaeological Trust

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Britannia , Volume 11 , November 1980 , pp. 340 - 343
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Copyright © Mr T. W. T. Tatton-Brown 1980. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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