View E at SW corner bastion (L) & S wall of Portchester late C3rd Roman fort, Hampshire, England, with hollow bastions, external ditch & earthen bank

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View E at the SW corner bastion (L) & S wall of Portchester Castle Roman fort with hollow bastions, external ditch & earthen bank. Shows courses of Roman masonry with flints, stones and tiles topped by mainly Norman battlements. Roman fort built in late C3rdAD against Saxon raiders. It later became a Norman castle and Augustinian priory.

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Size: 4148px × 5500px
Location: Portchester Castle, Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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