The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L., McAlister, Marian Holland, Ed.

BRAUGHING Hertfordshire, England.

An extensive settlement between Braughing and Puckeridge which has been little explored. Most of the site has been undisturbed since Roman times, and a large area has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It lies on Ermine Street, 48 km N of London, at the junction with roads to Colchester, Great Chesterford, and Baldock. A considerable number of British coins as well as clay coinmolds suggest that it was an important oppidum before the Roman conquest, and occupation continued throughout the Roman period. Defenses, or limits to the settlement, have yet to be defined.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Trans. East Herts. Arch. Soc. 13 (1950-54) 93-127; Hertfordshire Archaeology 2 (1970) 37-47^PI.

I. M. STEAD