02-02-2024, 09:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2024, 10:01 AM by Crispianus.)
Othona was apparantly excavated in the 19th and 20th century and turned up a number of artifacts including a "Frankish" axe, the troops stationed here were thought to be "Limen Fortensis" light Cavalry...
from the guide which also includes a plan of the remains which shows it to be similar to the other East Anglian forts:
"The fort of Othona and the chapel of st Peters on the Wall" by H. Malcolm Carter 1966
Second hand copies are available from ABE books etc and may be available new from the site below:
Link to the online site: https://www.bradwellchapel.org/history/t...-of-othona
According to this site coins and pottery dated as late as 468AD have been found...
Last and not least its well worth the visit...
from the guide which also includes a plan of the remains which shows it to be similar to the other East Anglian forts:
"The fort of Othona and the chapel of st Peters on the Wall" by H. Malcolm Carter 1966
Second hand copies are available from ABE books etc and may be available new from the site below:
Link to the online site: https://www.bradwellchapel.org/history/t...-of-othona
According to this site coins and pottery dated as late as 468AD have been found...
Last and not least its well worth the visit...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
