More on the recently discovered third fort in Cornwall.

[romanonick]

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

[romanonick]

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.

[Jona Lendering]

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.

Here is some kind of preliminary report by the archaeologists.

[John Conyard]

This site, like Restormal and Nanstallon, seems to be linked to tin.

[D B Campbell]

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.)