Whilst continuing Utrechts massive edifice programme, withal some other couplet from Roman times has been discovered, this fourth dimension inwards the Leidsche Rijn residential area. It may bring been built somewhere around the years 100 in addition to 125 AD.
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| Oak pillars of the couplet exposed inwards Leidsche Rijn [Credit: Municipality of Utrecht] |
Along alongside the bridge, a roman axe caput has also been discovered. We wonder what other finds are lying at that topographic point waiting to live on discovered.
Sometimes beingness an archeologist must live on a wonderfully exciting chore in addition to days similar this must brand upward for the hours spent scraping away layer later layer of soil; in addition to finding nothing!
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| Oak pillars of the couplet exposed inwards Leidsche Rijn [Credit: Municipality of Utrecht] |
It is manifestly called a ‘pole jug bridge’, where it would bring been carried yesteryear a grid of 4 yesteryear 4 poles.
The 2 abutments that led to the couplet were also partially preserved. Striking is the exercise of basalt chunks from the vicinity of Bonn to protect the abutments against erosion.
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| The basalt alongside which the couplet was attached to the banking concern was brought from Deutschland [Credit: Municipality of Utrecht] |
The Paaljuk Bridge was purpose of the primary route on the due south banking concern of the Rhine, where from xl AD onwards. a serial of forts guarded the edge of the Roman Empire.
For those of you lot who know their Roman history, Utrecht was on the northern edge of the Roman Empire in addition to was called Traiectum.
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| Reconstruction of the couplet inwards Leidsche Rijn [Credit: Kevin Wilson/Ridderkerk] |
About 20 years agone a similar couplet was constitute inwards the vicinity of Utrecht. It was a few kilometers farther to the west.
Author: Jon Wilkins | Source: Utrecht Central [October 13, 2018]
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