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	title:	Rome's Saxon Shore: Coastal Defences of Roman Britain AD 250-500 (Fortress)
	author:	Nic Fields
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Osprey Publishing
	released:	December 7, 2006
	isbn:	1846030943
	isbn-13:	9781846030949

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The Saxon Shore Forts - Rated The Saxon Shore Forts are among the best preserved Roman forts in Britain today. While the famous legionary fortresses of the first century have whithered away, these forts still stand almost as strong walled as when they were first built. Nic Fields gives us an overview of these forts, but most of their true function remains mysterious. Archaeologists have not found the conventional Barrack houses in these forts, and a few such as Francis Pryor have suggested that they were actually Trading Warehouses. Fields tends to be rather conservative in his view and he sticks to the idea that they were forts, which could mean that some of Donato Spedaliere's reconstructions are inaccurate. That said this book could still act as a useful guide to the various forts, such as Richborough, Burgh Castle and Brancaster. Fields provides information on their design, construction, anatomy and function. The book comes with a series of photographs as well as maps and a couple of excellent colour plates. The cutaways of the forts are questionable, but the reconstructions of the soldiers, ships and daily life at the fort are brilliant. Overall this is interesting read that needs to be taken with a pinch of salt; although this is true with most of Osprey Publishing's books, and with most historical reconstructions in general. A good read.

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The Saxon Shore Forts - Rated 4/5
The Saxon Shore Forts are among the best preserved Roman forts in Britain today. While the famous legionary fortresses of the first century have whithered away, these forts still stand almost as strong walled as when they were first built.

Nic Fields gives us an overview of these forts, but most of their true function remains mysterious. Archaeologists have not found the conventional Barrack houses in these forts, and a few such as Francis Pryor have suggested that they were actually Trading Warehouses.

Fields tends to be rather conservative in his view and he sticks to the idea that they were forts, which could mean that some of Donato Spedaliere's reconstructions are inaccurate.

That said this book could still act as a useful guide to the various forts, such as Richborough, Burgh Castle and Brancaster. Fields provides information on their design, construction, anatomy and function.

The book comes with a series of photographs as well as maps and a couple of excellent colour plates. The cutaways of the forts are questionable, but the reconstructions of the soldiers, ships and daily life at the fort are brilliant.

Overall this is interesting read that needs to be taken with a pinch of salt; although this is true with most of Osprey Publishing's books, and with most historical reconstructions in general. A good read.