The Roman fort at Inchtuthil

[Jugibar]

A few days ago I was looking into the composition of Roman iron making, incidentally when I read the article here http://www.scribd.com/doc/16305330/The-m...principate I come across a lot of information regarding a few Roman ports that seemed to interest me. Wiesbaden, Haltern, Hofheim, Valkenburg, Oberstimm, Inchtuthil, and Vindolanda were all mentioned in the article and I have been looking into the activity at those forts for a while now. http://www.scran.ac.uk/packs/exhibitions...6/Inch.htm had a little bit on Inchtuthil and the nails there, apparently the structure was just finished until it had to be abandoned for march to another location. I've wondered how all this was built, the granaries, the roads, where the legion would've been stored and all. I found this: http://www.aimnet.it/allpdf/pdf_pubbli/g...apelli.pdf which has a little on the iron nails found:

The Roman fortress at Inchtuthil covered around 20,000m2 and was probably capable of holding some 5,500 men.

The total number of nails found is between some 875,000 and 900,000 pieces.

The Class E nail was 38-63mm long with a circular disk head having a 9-16mm surface. It was the most commonly found nail there.

http://independent.academia.edu/PiotrLet..._tetrarchy

Does anybody have a general idea how those forts would've worked and where I can find more information?

[mcbishop]

Does anybody have a general idea how those forts would've worked and where I can find more information?

Elizabeth Shirley (a quantity surveyor herself, IIRC) has written two books and an article in Britannia about the logistics of the construction and operation of the fortress at Inchtuthil.

Don't forget, those nails in the workshop pit were just the ones they had to leave behind ;-)

Mike Bishop