Small postholes containing iron nails, early medieval potsherds and a silver coin of Ethelred II dating to 1010 suggested that the terraces had been revetted by posts. |
Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that a quayside revetted in timber existed from the Middle Saxon period. |
The revetted fosse was on the map and if that had been twigged at the environmental impact assessment it would have saved a lot of grief. |
It is in very good condition with a round cairn 8 m. in diameter revetted by a kerb of coarse walling, and a partially infilled chamber. |
The trenches, which were in a state of decay after the frosts and rains of the winter, had to be duckboarded and revetted. |
The German trenches were formed of enormous breastworks 12 to 15 feet wide, and were revetted with brushwood. |