Le rempart antique de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (Haute-Garonne)

The 1993-2001 project on the Roman walls of the "ville haute” comprised architectural survey and analysis which yielded an integrated understanding of the structure and also located a stretch of well-preserved late Roman wall-top and the possible locations of towers along the north-eastern part of the circuit. At the same time, a series of trenches revealed no occupation before the last quarter of the 4th century, the construction of the walls shortly after the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries and occupation continuing down to the 8th century, but with no trace of the siege of 585 described by Gregory of Tours.

architectural survey · Gregory of Tours · Late Antiquity · Roman fortifications · Roman town walls · Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology