02-27-2014, 09:34 AM
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Mark Hygate post=351601 Wrote:is there no evidence for an additional 'barrack block' in the SW corner (in the gap)? My 'research & theory' would rather like there to be 10 in total.
It was only a small fort, for a quingenary cohort at most, so there would probably only be six barrack blocks in total. You can see them in the reconstruction - the other three barrack-sized buildings with the buttressed walls are granaries. The two narrower right-angled buildings in the central range are presumably workshops.
Small, yes, but I too must ask if the reconstruction is accurate? Given the layout (as I currently understand them and would wish to know a great deal more), it would seem reasonable to have the narrower buildings to the 'right' of the headquarters as the granaries as in other forts. A regularised layout would then suggest that 6 barracks blocks at the front could certainly be matched by some at the back too and there would seem to be room for 4, except only 3 are shown.
I'm aware that it is not always possible, given the regular shapes of buildings, to definitely determine their use, but it is certainly possible that a barracks shaped building is indeed a barracks - in this case possibly for a cavalry component (hence the 'wish' to see 4, or at least not a total of 9). At the very least, a large Workshop element would be puzzling for a 'small cohort' - and we could wonder whether auxiliary units ever contained workshops...... :unsure:
