Malcolm Todd was an English archaeologist. Born in Durham,England,the son of a miner,Todd was educated in classics and classical archaeology at St David's College,Lampeter and Brasenose College,Oxford. He subsequently served as a reader and professor at the University of Nottingham and the University of Exeter respectively. During this time,Todd conducted notable excavations at sites of Roman Britain. He was later principal at Trevelyan College,Durham. Todd retired from Durham in 2000,and subsequently dedicated himself to research and writing. He was the author and editor of several works on the archaeology of Roman Britain and the Germanic peoples in the Migration Period.
Courtenay Arthur Ralegh Radford was an English archaeologist and historian who pioneered the exploration of the Dark Ages of Britain and popularised his findings in many official guides and surveys for the Office of Works. His scholarly work appeared in articles in the major British journals,such as Medieval Archaeology or the Proceedings of the British Academy and in the various Transactions of archaeological societies.
Eric Barff Birley,,was a British historian and archaeologist,particularly associated with the excavation of the forts of Hadrian's Wall,notably at Vindolanda. He was born in Eccles,Lancashire,England,on 12 January 1906. He died at Carvoran House,Greenhead,Northumberland,England,on 20 October 1995,age 89.
Aileen Mary Fox,Lady Fox,was an English archaeologist,who specialised in the archaeology of south-west England. She notably excavated the Roman legionary fortress in Exeter,Devon,after the Second World War.
Camelon is a large settlement within the Falkirk council area,Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley,1.3 miles (2.1 km) west of Falkirk,1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of Larbert and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of Bonnybridge. The main road through Camelon is the A803 road which links the village to Falkirk. At the time of the 2001 census,Camelon had a population of 4,508.
Westerwood is an area in the north-east of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire,Scotland. Historically it was the site of a Roman Fort of which a video reconstruction has been produced. In the past two decades,new housing developments have been built around the Westerwood Hotel and Golf Course. The golf course,which was designed by Seve Ballesteros and Dave Thomas,is located on the north side of the town,close to Cumbernauld Airport. Westerwood Community Council was set up for local residents and a committee has been appointed. Neighbouring villages which are outside of Cumbernauld include Dullatur to the north-west and Castlecary to the east.
Antony Charles Thomas,was a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University,and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies,from 1971 until his retirement in 1991. He was recognised as a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth with the name Gwas Godhyan in 1953.
Mons Claudianus was a Roman quarry in the eastern desert of Egypt. It consisted of a garrison,a quarrying site,and civilian and workers' quarters. Granodiorite was mined for the Roman Empire where it was used as a building material. Mons Claudianus is located in the mountains of the Egyptian Eastern desert about midway between the Red Sea and Qena,in the present day Red Sea Governorate. Today tourists can see fragments of granite,with several artifacts such as a broken column. A number of texts written on broken pottery (ostraca) have been discovered at the site.
Roy Arthur Adkins and Lesley Adkins are English writers and archaeologists. They are members of the Institute for Archaeologists and fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London. They have both written several books.
The Hadrianic Society was a British historical society focused upon Hadrian's Wall and Roman Britain as well as the Antonine Wall,the Gask Ridge,and other Roman Frontier systems. It was founded in 1971 under the leadership of Brian Dobson,David Breeze,and Valerie Maxfield. The Hadrianic Society closed in 2018. Some of its functions continue to be fulfilled by the Roman Army School.
Brian Dobson was an English archaeologist,teacher and scholar. His specialisms were Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Army. He studied under Eric Birley and is a member of the so-called 'Durham School' of archaeology. He was a Reader Emeritus of Durham University.
David John Breeze,OBE,FSA,FRSE,HonFSAScot,Hon MIFA is a British archaeologist,teacher and scholar of Hadrian's Wall,the Antonine Wall and the Roman army. He studied under Eric Birley and is a member of the so-called "Durham School" of archaeology. He was a close friend and colleague of the late Dr Brian Dobson.
The Congress of Roman Frontier Studies or Limes Congress is one of the most important conferences on archaeology in Europe. The conference takes place on a triennial basis,although there have been some exceptions. The first congress was held in Durham in 1949;the most recent one took place in Viminacium,Serbia,in 2018.
Leslie Peter Wenham MA,M.Litt,M.Ed,FSA was a British archaeologist,historian,and professor who excavated in York,on Hadrian's Wall and Malton. He was the first to produce a comprehensive report of a Romano-British Cemetery. He is known for his extensive publications in archaeology. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1970. Wenham had also served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War.
Croy Hill was a Roman fort,fortlet,and probable temporary camp on the Antonine Wall,near Croy,to the north east of the village in Scotland. Two communication platforms known as ‘expansions’can be seen to the west of the fortlet. Alexander Park excavated the site in 1890-1891. Sir George Macdonald wrote about his excavation of the site which occurred in 1920,1931,and 1935. At Croy Hill,the ditch in front of the rampart was not excavated by the Romans. It is likely that hard basalt and dolerite of the hill was virtually impossible to shape with Roman tools. This is the only place along the Wall where the ditch wasn't dug. There is a bath house just outside one fort. A video reconstruction of the site has been produced.
Marijke van der Veen,is a Dutch archaeobotanist and Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester.
A. Jennifer Price was an archaeologist and academic,specialising in the study of Roman glass. She was professor emerita in the department of archaeology at Durham University.
Mons Porphyrites is the mountainous site of a group of ancient quarries in the Red Sea Hills of the Eastern Desert in Egypt. Under the Roman Empire,they were the only known source of the purple "imperial" variety of porphyry. They were exploited between the 1st and 5th centuries AD. The other imperial quarries in the Eastern Desert were Mons Claudianus,Mons Ophiates and Tiberiane. These four quarries were probably under a unified administration,since the same procurator metallorum is found in more than one.
Dr Ruth Shaffrey is an archaeologist.
