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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Romans at Katwijk

Archaeologists have found the remains of a road of Roman time at Katwijk. Remains of an associated Roman settlement have been found too. This settlement was made of houses and a system of canals.
https://historiek.net/romeinse-weg-nederzetting-katwijk/83135/
In the image at the web site Historiek, Jeroen Loopik, ADC, shows a part of a wooden post from the Roman road. "The roadside ditches and the vertical wooden poles - which served to prevent the road from subsiding - are still present after almost 2000 years. Some of the oak posts are man-high. This Roman road probably dates from the year 125 AD."
The excavations at Katwijk are part of researches concerning the Roman Limes, at the northernmost border of the Roman Empire on the Rhine. The excavation are carried out by ADC Archeoprojects from Amersfoort, Leiden University and volunteers, will take a few weeks.

See also the post on Brittenburg.