Excavations at Alchester, 1926
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8885335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Hawkes (0000-0002-5091-878X), C F C Hawkes (New College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1927 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-184 |
| Publication date | 1927-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000358150001595x |
| OpenAlex | W1996787460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Alchester is a flat site of some 26 acres, 11 miles from Oxford and 11⁄2 from Bicester, in the parish of Wendlebury, on gravel over clay. Remains of a bank and ditch enclose it, forming approximately a square, the axis of which runs nearly N. 40 W. At the south-east corner is a mound 4 ft. 9 in. high, and remains of another at the north-east. From south to north through the site passes the Roman road which comes from Dorchester over Shotover Hill and across Otmoor: it goes on past Bicester north by east towards Watling Street near Towcester. On entering Alchester this road deviates some thirty yards east from its direct course (with which the ramparts are aligned), to rejoin which at its exit on the north it runs askew across the site N. 10° W.—an unexplained peculiarity
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ditch · Excavation · Geography · Geometry · Physical geography · South east · Square (algebra · Yard · Archaeological Research and Protection · Geology · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2009 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |