Ariconium, Herefordshire

The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production center but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal center, which owed its evident status and wide range of conta...

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Main Author: Jackson, Robin
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Language:English
Published: Historic England 2021
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description The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production center but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal center, which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of Forest of Dean iron. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population was able to articulate rapidly with the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. The town developed as a typical small roadside settlement and a major iron production center but a heavy reliance on iron working appears to have made it especially vulnerable to the economic decline of the latter part of the 4th century.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-395862025-07-31T19:50:44Z Ariconium, Herefordshire Jackson, Robin Social Science Archaeology History Ancient History Europe Great Britain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history The Roman 'small town' of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production center but has remained very poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal center, which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of Forest of Dean iron. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population was able to articulate rapidly with the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. The town developed as a typical small roadside settlement and a major iron production center but a heavy reliance on iron working appears to have made it especially vulnerable to the economic decline of the latter part of the 4th century. 2021-02-10T15:06:57Z 2021-02-10T15:06:57Z 2020-12-24T04:04:11Z 2013 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45841 9781842174494 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39586 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45841/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45841/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45841/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45841/1/external_content.pdf Historic England Historic England 7bb81710-57de-4279-ba99-fed2753c54a5 Knowledge Unlatched 9781842174494 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Historic England open access
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