The pottery of a Claudian well at Margidunum

Felix Oswald

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The pottery of a Claudian well at Margidunum

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Felix Oswald

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At Margidunum (Notts), halfway between Leicester and Lincoln, I have been carrying on excavations for several years, through the kindness of the owner, Mr. F. W. Dobson, J.P., in one of the three fields of the site, the only field at present available. Although much remains to be done, my results serve already to substantiate the surmise that this camp formed a link in the chain of Claudian frontier-posts established by P. Ostorius Scapula in A.D. 47, between the Severn and the Trent, when (according to Bradley's generally accepted emendation of Tacitus, Annals, xii, 31, 32) detrahere arma suspectis cunctaque cis Trisantonam et Sabrinam fluvios cohibere parat. Nothing was known of this camp beyond the name Margidunum, which occurs twice in the Antonine Itineraries (Iter 6 from London to Lincoln, and Iter 8 from York to London). It is about 8 acres in extent, and is rhomboidal in outline (plan, plate VIII), recalling in this respect the Claudian camp of Hofheim. The Fosse Way, which now traverses it diagonally, was not the original Roman road. In those days, undrained marshes protected the camp on the south, and the approach from this direction was by a short causeway (bordered by ditches), which can still be traced from a natural ridge that comes near the SE. angle of the camp. Thence the main road of the camp ran diagonally across it to NW., and from the NW. angle another well-marked causeway leaves the camp and can be traced for a considerable distance to the NE.; it is still so conspicuous that it is known locally as the ‘hump.’ The entrances to the camp have not yet been explored, for the fields in which they occur are unfortunately not available for excavation.

Type: Research Article
Information: The Journal of Roman Studies , Volume 13 , Issue 1-2 , November 1923 , pp. 114 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/295747 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Felix Oswald 1923. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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