Recherches archéologiques à Bavay, XIII (Basilique civile, 1992)

The development in 1992 of excavations in the eastern wing and in the north-east angle of the basilica of the Bavay forum enabled us to understand better some aspects of the archaeological history of this monument, particularly in its primitive stage («yellow stage»). It appears then that the angle of the building must have contained an extra room, and that the «shops» situated on each side of the centre of the wing had the same depth as this central part but that their floor level was about a metre lower than that of the central part. On the other hand, there existed as early as this «yellow stage» a north portico (which in the later developments kept the same width) and an eastern platform (whose width was reduced in the later stages). With regard to the «pink» and «tricolour» stages of the monument, the results of the 1992 campaign only concern details of the architectural ornamentation. But one could study the foundation on driven posts of a tower of the Lower Empire walls and an interesting mediaeval wall situated on the eastern side of the fortifications

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• Recherches archéologiques à Bavay, XXVIII (entrée nord-ouest du forum et front nord de l'enceinte)

  Patrice Herbin, Frédéric Loridant et al.•Revue du Nord•2007

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