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Author:   David J. Breeze ,  Mark B. Richards ,  Tony Gates (Chief Executive, Northumberland National Park Authority)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Dimensions:   Width: 20.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 20.60cm
Weight:   0.800kg
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9781805830986

ISBN 10:   1805830988
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   06 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Preface Foreword – Tony Gates Introduction – David J. Breeze and Mark Richards My Journey to a Tree – Richard Beleson Storm Arwen – Graeme Stobbs Under the Sycamore Tree – Jim Crow The Romans and Trees Trees in Roman Literature – Andrew Fox A Mythology of Trees – Sandra Walkshofer The Caledonian Forest – Rebecca H. Jones Hadrian and the Protection of Trees in Lebanon – Carole Raddato A Coin Depicting a Tree – Richard Brickstock Woodland The First Northern Forest – Ian Jackson An Ancient Grove – Ian Jackson Wildwoods and Wildernesses – Sue Stallibrass Strategy, Walls and Trees: Wark Forest from Highshield Crags – Al McCluskey Trees and the Survey of Hadrian’s Wall – John Poulter The Protection of Trees Northumbria Veteran Trees Project – Nick Johnson Ancient Woodlands Along the Wall – Dorothy Cowans Woodlands on Hadrian’s Wall: Managing the Resource – Don O’Meara and Mike Collins Trees Along the Wall Drawn to Trees – Mark B. Richards A Tree at the Wall – Eckhard Deschler-Erb A Sentinel at Benwell – David J. Breeze A Lost Tree at Denton – David J. Breeze Down Hill – Sam Bithell A Green Knoll at Chesters which Seemed to Invite Antiquarian Research – Frances McIntosh A Solitary Thorn Marks the Site of Turret 29b – Katie Mountain The Reverend Anthony Hedley’s Drive at Vindolanda – Peter Savin A Venerable Symbol of Immortality: The Beltingham Yew – Paul Frodsham A Lost Tree from the West Gate at Vindolanda – Alexander Meyer The Vallum’s Tall Trees at Twice Brewed – Sarah Bell Walltown – Abigail Cheverst The Walltown Country Park – Abigail Cheverst Medieval Trees on Hadrian’s Wall – Rachel Newman and Tony Wilmott Turf Love – Peter Savin A Scots Pine at High House – David J. Breeze A Pear Tree at Lanercost and the Romans’ Taste in Fruit – Jacqui Huntley Blackthorn in Wall Mile 59 – Humphrey Welfare The Tree Line in Houghton – Susan Aglionby Out West: A Tree at Port Carlisle – Jane Harrison Sycamores at Maryport – Kelly Davis Objects Created from Trees The Contribution of Archaeological Science to Understanding Wood in Antiquity – Tony Wilmott The Conservation of the Wooden Objects at Vindolanda – Patricia Birley The Wood of the Vindolanda Writing Tablets – Caroline Cartwright Transport and Communication Hadrian’s Road to Britain – Erik P. Graafstal Wooden Wheels on the Walls – Fraser Hunter Wooden Walls: Hadrian’s Maritime Frontier – Paul Kitching Bridging the North Sea – Tom Hazenberg A Tree Provides Evidence of the Twentieth Legion at Carlisle – Roger S.O. Tomlin A Friendship Forged at the Edge of Their World – Andrew Birley Building Building in Timber on Hadrian’s Wall – William S. Hanson The Roman Army Cutting Down Trees on Trajan’s Column – Harry van Enckevort Cutting the Frontier’s Timber – Alan Wilkins Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Tanja Romankiewicz Obstacles on the Berm – Nicholas Hodgson The Great Chesters pilum murale – Martha Lovell Stewart An Unexpected Inscription – Matthew Symonds Behind the Closed Door – David J. Breeze Living and Dying A Roman Travel Sewing Kit – Barbara Birley A Tale of Two Turners: Trees, Places and Lived Experiences – Rob Sands The Carlisle Wooden Sword – Mike Bishop Pizza for Dinner, Anyone? – Jacqui Huntley The Wooden Underworld: Toilet Seats – Marta Alberti-Dunn Cremation Practices at Luguvalium/Carlisle – Matthew S. Hobson Unknown Wood(s): Roman-period Wooden Jewellery – Tatiana Ivleva Unknown Objects: Wood Woven into the Fabric of the Frontier – Amy Baker Religion Sculptured Trees from the Military Zone – Lindsay Allason-Jones A God in the Woods: Cocidius at Risingham – Eleri Cousins A Foreign Tree for a Foreign Cult: Pinecones in the Carrawburgh Mithraeum – David Walsh The Goddess Coventina and her Sacred Grove at Brocolitia/Carrawburgh – Richard Hingley Trees and Artists Artists and Trees on Hadrian’s Wall – David J. Breeze Two Puzzles at Blackcarts – David J. Breeze A Presbyterian Minister’s Wooden ‘Reliquary’? – Roger Miket The Book Plate of John Collingwood Bruce – David J. Breeze The Carved Wooden Soldier at Segedunum/Wallsend – Bill Griffiths The Sycamore Gap Tree: Its Future Trees of Hope – Andrew Poad Notes Made on Hadrian’s Wall – Catherine Ayres Dendrochronological analysis of the tree in Sycamore Gap – Historic England Press Notice Epilogue – Geoffrey Bennett Further Reading Acknowledgements and Credits List of Contributors

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Susan Aglionby, Susan’s Farm, Houghton, near Carlisle Marta Alberti-Dunn, The Vindolanda Trust Lindsay Allason-Jones, Honorary Keeper of the Clayton Collection Catherine Ayres, poet and teacher Amy Baker, post-graduate student, Newcastle University Richard Beleson, San Francisco Ancient Numismatic Society Sarah Bell, photographer at Sarah Deane Photographic Geoffrey Bennett, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Art and Law Andrew Birley, Director of Excavations, The Vindolanda Trust Barbara Birley, Curator, The Vindolanda Trust Patricia Birley, The Vindolanda Trust Mike Bishop, Writer, publisher and archaeologist Sam Bithell, post-graduate student, Newcastle University David J. Breeze, Honorary Professor at the Universities of Durham, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Stirling Richard Brickstock, independent researcher and numismatist Caroline Cartwright, research scientist, The British Museum Laura Charlton, writer and Director (Allendale Pantomine) Abigail Cheverst, community and heritage freelancer Mike Collins, Team Leader for Development Advice, North East and Yorkshire, Historic England Nick Corble, canal explorer, walker and writer Eleri Cousins, Associate Professor in Roman History, Durham University Dorothy Cowans, independent researcher Jim Crow, Professor Emeritus, Edinburgh University Kelly Davis, poet and freelance editor Eckhard Deschler-Erb, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces, University of Cologne Andrew Fox, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Liverpool Paul Frodsham, Honorary Fellow, Durham University, and independent consultant, Oracle Heritage Services Tony Gates, Chief Executive Officer, Northumberland National Parks Authority Erik Graafstal, Municipal archaeologist, Utrecht, The Netherlands Bill Griffiths, North East Museums William (Bill) S. Hanson, Professor Emeritus, University of Glasgow Jane Harrison, archaeologist, Community Archaeology North (Community Interest Company) Tom Hazenberg, senior archaeologist Limes Association of the Netherlands; consultant Hazenberg Archeologie, The Netherlands Richard Hingley, Professor Emeritus, Durham University Matthew Hobson, Associate Director, Wardell Armstrong Archaeology; Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of Leicester Nick Hodgson, Honorary Research Fellow Durham University; past President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Fraser Hunter, Principal Curator, Iron Age and Roman Collections, National Museum of Scotland Jacqui Huntley, former scientific advisor to English Heritage Tatiana Ivleva, Visiting Research Fellow, Newcastle University Ian Jackson, former Operations Director of the British Geological Survey Nick Johnson, Northumbria Veteran Trees Project Rececca H. Jones, Keeper of Scottish History and Archaeology, National Museums of Scotland; co-chair of the Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Paul J. Kitching, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Durham Al McCluskey, post-graduate student, Newcastle University Frances McIntosh, curator of English Heritage Museums on Hadrian’s Wall Alex Meyer, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario Roger Miket, former Keeper of Archaeology for Tyne and Wear and Director of Excavations at South Shields Roman Fort Katie Mountain, archaeologist, Pre-Construct Archaeology, Durham Rachel Newman, Senior Executive Officer, Oxford Archaeology North Don O’Meara, Historic England, and editor of Archaeologia Aeliana Andrew Poad, The National Trust John S. Poulter, independent researcher Carole Raddato, independent researcher Mark Richards, author of Cicerone’s guide Walking Hadrian’s Wall Path and other guidebooks for walkers Tanja Romankiewicz, Senior lecturer, EFI Affiliate, Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology, University of Edinburgh Robert Sands, Global Engagement Officer, University College Dublin Peter Savin, independent researcher Sue Stallibrass, former scientific advisor to English Heritage Martha Lovell Stewart, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Durham Graeme Stobbs, archaeologist and independent researcher Matthew Symonds, editor, Current World Archaeology Roger Tomlin, Wolfson College, Oxford, editor, Roman Inscriptions of Britain Harry van Enckevort, retired archaeologist of the municipality of Nijmegen and now independent researcher Sandra Walkshofer, Edufilm, Austria David Walsh, Career Development Fellow at Durham University Humphrey Welfare, former editor of Archaeologia Aeliana Alan Wilkins, independent researcher Tony Wilmott, formerly Senior Archaeologist, Historic England

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