The Roman ‘Small Town’ at Sandy, Bedfordshire

An array of fieldwork over the last twenty years, mostly by Albion Archaeology and AOC Archaeology group, has built up an increasingly detailed picture of the Roman ‘small town’ of Sandy.

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the very first publication on Roman Sandy, this volume presents the first new summary of the town for more than two decades. Stemming from the author’s long-standing personal and professional interest in Roman Sandy, it integrates the results from the last twenty years with what was previously known about the town, allowing some significant reinterpretations to be made.

One of the main discoveries is that part of the town was defended by a large ditch and a wall, enclosing an area of about 11 hectares. This book revisits the earlier evidence in light of this, with the result that the extent of these defences is now largely known.

It is now clear that the overall town, including its defended area, covered 30 to 35 hectares, with large cemeteries on its periphery. This, and other evidence set out in this publication , clearly demonstrates that Roman Sandy was a more important town than had previously been thought.

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