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• Excavations (Archaeology) [Browse]

Summary note

After 1609 the castle was used as a military depot and prison camp. A large number of post-medieval pottery and small finds are illustrated in a volume that also sheds light on what life as an 18th century POW may have been like.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Society of Antiquaries of London, viewed May 13, 2023).

Contents

• v. 1. Roman
• v. 2. Saxon
• v. 3. Medieval, the outer bailey and its defences
• v. 4. Medieval, the inner bailey
• v. 5. Post Medieval, 1609-1819.

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Other title(s)

Excavations at Portchester Castle

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