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The Silchester Church: A Dimensional Analysis and a New Reconstruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

S.D. Ford
S.D. Ford
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Newbury
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At least three reconstructions of the Silchester church have been published this century by Quennell, Boon, and Sorrell. While there are basic similarities between them, there are also distinct differences. As the writer's intention was to construct a display model for the Silchester site museum, a project involving many weeks' work, a completely fresh start without prejudgement seemed to be required.

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Britannia , Volume 25 , November 1994 , pp. 119 - 126
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Copyright © S.D. Ford 1994. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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References

1 M. and C.H.B. Quennell, Everyday Life in Roman Britain (1924), 29, 30, figs 24, 25.

2 G.C. Boon, Silchester. The Roman Town ofCalleva (1974), 174, fig. 28.

3 A. Sorrell, Reconstructing the Past (1981), 81.

4 Original in Reading Museum.

5 Newbury District Museum, 1990:71.

6 Boon, op. cit. (note 2), 181.

7 Frere, S.S., ‘The Silchester Church: the excavation by Sir Ian Richmond in 1961’, Archaeologia cv (1976), 285.Google Scholar

8 ibid., 281.

9 Boon, op. cit. (note 2), 176.

10 See note 8.

11 Solley, T.W.J., ‘Romano-British side tables and chip carving’, Britannia x (1979), 169–77.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

12 Frere, op. cit. (note 7), 295.

13 The model can be seen in the Silchester Site Museum.

14 I am pleased to acknowledge the help of Professor S.S. Frere, J. Greenaway, R. Greenaway, A.R. Higgott (Curator, Newbury District Museum), P. Cannon (Assistant Curator, Newbury District Museum), Miss K. Taylor (Newbury District Museum).