Calstock, Cornwall. Was this THE focal point for the onward transhipment of the area's natural resources by river (the Tamar) and an important staging post on a west to east road military road ?
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/third-roma ... n-cornwall
And also....................
devonandcornwallviewpoint.blogspot.com/moredigging-at-calstocks-roman-fort
adrianmurdoch.typepad.com roman-fort-at-Calstock-Cornwall
Error 404 on the link. Sorry about that. Google on 'Roman fort at Calstock' is a lot easier and lists all the other relevant links as well as the earlier finds at Restormel.
This site, like Restormal and Nanstallon, seems to be linked to tin.
Most peculiar. But I suppose that's what you get when three medievalists dig a Roman site. It's not unusual in the current UK climate of budget-driven archaeology. But it makes you wonder why people specialise in the first place, if it's deemed acceptable to permit the excavation of a Roman fort by non-Romanists. And a high-profile one, too.
It can't be a good sign when the sole Roman reference in the interim report (
http://people.exeter.ac.uk/pfclaugh/mhinf/Roman%20fort%20-%20Tamar%2030.pdf) is a general overview of Roman Britain. Nothing about Roman military archaeology. Nothing about forts. As a Romanist, I'd've been immediately suspicious of the "inner" and "outer" ramparts. When was the last time you saw a Roman fort with two ramparts,and two ditches in between?! I'd be looking for the subtle signs of phasing. But our medievalist friends have arrived with no preconceptions and a clear conscience.
Let's hope they don't miss too much through not knowing what they're looking for.
hock: (And let's hope I'm being unduly pessimistic.)
(Official report
here.)