Netherlands
There are 512 items in Netherlands:
"Celtic Fields"
Celtic Field: small, square or rectancular field, used to produce wheat or spelt. In spite of their name, Celtic Fields have little to do with the Celts: they were in use from the Early Bronze Age until the Roman period.…"Pontes Longi"
Pontes longi ("long bridges"): Latin expression to describe wooden roads built in bogs. In British English, they are called toghers, in American plankroads or corduroy roads. …Aardenburg
Aardenburg: coastal fortress in Germania Inferior. The ancient name may have been Rodanum. Tower of the Aardenburg fort In 173 CE, the…
![]() Aardenburg, Ancient stones, reused in the Medieval church |
Aardenburg, Archeologisch museum
Often, the best ideas are so simple that you wonder why no one else invented them before. Last Sunday, I visited the small city of Aardenburg, close to the Dutch-Belgian border, to see the remains of the Roman fort. It…