Charterhouse Roman Fort: Iscalis?: Vebriacum?

Charterhouse Roman fort from north.
By NotFromUtrecht – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7393847

 

  • Charterhouse, Somerset.
  • Scheduled Monument.

 

Roman fort covering three acres. Ditch to the east measuring 8.2 ft wide and 5.2 ft deep and was filled in after the Medieval period. Had a permanent garrison for mining operations.

Associated with silver and lead mining supervised by Legio II Augusta.

Finds on site include Bronze Age flintwork, lead pigs of Roman date, Claudio-Neronian pottery, remains of smelting furnaces and crucibles.

 

49                                Lead was being extracted.

1st C                             Dating from: Samien ware finds.

2nd C                            Handed over to private or Government control.

17th-18th C                   Site leveled.

1819-1820                   The site was first recorded.

1867 – 76                      Site first studied.

1873                             Lead pig uncovered weighing around 223 lb.

1966                            Second bank discovered.

1968                             Site flooded revealing Claudio-Neronian pottery sherds.

1970                            Aerial photograph.

1971                            Aerial photograph.

1993                            Excavated by  Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.

1994                            Excavated by  Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society.

 

error: You are not allowed to copy or take the contents of this page for use in any other printed material, website, social media accounts or for any commercial reasons. This includes using AI and ChatGPT to plagiarize and pass off my research as your own. Legal action will be taken you do so.
error: Alert: Content selection is disabled!!