Caistor, and a Comment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3532947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R E M Wheeler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1929 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 182-187 |
| Publication date | 1929-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00003240 |
| OpenAlex | W2479886052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
So Caistor-by-Norwich is to be excavated. It has long been known that in the 30-acre field adjoining the little church of St. Edmund a ghost of the Roman town shows dimly from time to time as a net-work of lines in the sun-dried corn. Last year on the 20th of July, during the midsummer heat-wave, a Royal Air Force aeroplane, flying at a height of 2400 feet over the ripening barley, took a series of photographs which were first published (as a single plate) in the Times of 4th March 1929. These photographs show, within the circuit of the existing Roman town-walls, the main street-plan of Venta Icenorum. With them appeared an appeal for funds for the purpose of excavation
Acre · Agricultural science · Ancient history · Appeal · Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Geography · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Work (physics) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Engineering · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |