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The Romano-British Site at Brockworth, Glos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Bernard Rawes
Bernard Rawes
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Brockworth is situated in the Severn Valley between Gloucester and the Cotswold escarpment. The parish is divided by the line of Ermin Street, with the church and Court lying to the north. The Horsebere Brook winds its way past the site from the slopes of the Cotswolds to reach the Severn about 8 km away near Gloucester. Three other westward-flowing streams cross the low-lying undulating country between Churchdown Hill, 4-5 km due east of Gloucester, and Robinswood Hill to the south, both outliers of the Jurassic escarpment. Over the Lower Lias clay are spreads of Superficial Deposit, here composed of gravel and sand intermingled with a yellow clay.

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Britannia , Volume 12 , November 1981 , pp. 45 - 77
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Copyright © Bernard Rawes 1981. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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2 I wish to thank those volunteers who helped in the excavation, particularly Mr J. Lees, the authors of the specialist reports and the Gloucestershire Record Office for its assistance. The help of my wife, both on the site and in the compiling of this report, has been invaluable. Finally I would like to thank Professor S. S. Frere for his advice.

3 The finds will be deposited in the Gloucester City Museum.

4 E. M. Clifford 1930, op. cit. (note 1).

5 Mr B. R. Hartley has kindly reported on the following items: S11–16, S24–26, S36, S40, S50, S54 and S55.

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