07-27-2012, 02:36 PM
Hello,
Does anyone know of a publically available database (or some form of digital file, e.g. shapefile) of all Roman forts and camps within the UK?
I need this information for a GIS project - so location info important.
I've spent a couple of days hunting for such a beast and, obviously, failed. There are a number of sources online which hold individual references to forts etc. but the thought of collating all of those into one database is very discouraging - would take months!
At the moment I'm thinking of taking ROMAN TEMPORARY CAMPS IN BRITAIN by ALAN F. LESLIE 1995 and OCR'ing the PDF to extract the listed sites but maybe you know of someone who has already done this?
Fingers crossed for some RAT insights.
Regards, Steve Kaye
Does anyone know of a publically available database (or some form of digital file, e.g. shapefile) of all Roman forts and camps within the UK?
I need this information for a GIS project - so location info important.
I've spent a couple of days hunting for such a beast and, obviously, failed. There are a number of sources online which hold individual references to forts etc. but the thought of collating all of those into one database is very discouraging - would take months!
At the moment I'm thinking of taking ROMAN TEMPORARY CAMPS IN BRITAIN by ALAN F. LESLIE 1995 and OCR'ing the PDF to extract the listed sites but maybe you know of someone who has already done this?
Fingers crossed for some RAT insights.
Regards, Steve Kaye
