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Management and use of Ash in Britain from the Prehistoric to the Present: Some implications for its Preservation

Jim Pratt*

Published: 23 January, 2024 | Volume 8 - Issue 1 | Pages: 001-011

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Figure 9: An eight-man “section” (contubernium) in a Roman legion prepare to  move, in a drawing by Peter Connolly. Each man will carry his own equipment slung on a pole over his left shoulder. Note the two pila in his right hand. The equipment of the second man in line is lying on the ground. The leather 8-man tent will be carried by the donkey. Note the bundle of palisade stakes on the donkey. This picture is taken from The Roman Army by Peter Connolly (Macdonald 1967). Image courtesy akg-images / Peter Connolly 2016. 
Insert: examples of dolabra , axes, a reaping hook and a turf cutter found during the 1910 excavation of the Roman fort at Trimontium in South Scotland.

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