St Albans Abbey: The Excavation of the Chapter House 1978
St Albans Abbey is one of the greatest of medieval England. The origins of the medieval abbey lie much further in the past, in the time of Roman Verulamium, and the early history of the abbey is that of the martyrdom of Alban, whose burial is associated with the area of the abbey itself. The creatio...
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Archaeopress Archaeology
2024
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