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Roman 'Turris' at
Fort Vechten
2005By Robert Vermaat
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| November 13: |
The corn has been cut at last, allowing full view
of the tower again. |
The low sun gives beautiful contrast and colours. |
Bright skies.. |
View from the Marsdijk. |
| October 9: |
The Limes in the Fall, dark clouds and
long shadows. |
But bright sunshine as well, a good day to take
the bike. |
Just too bad there weren't any Romans
about..again. |
| September 25: |
Pater et filius. |
Our top floor. |
Just for practise, I tried out an experiment to
build a Late Roman shelter. |
Andreas holds the fort. |
September 10:
See more of the event. |
Early morning, and Legio X Gemina is
setting up camp. |
Me and Chariovalda lounging about in the
camp. |
Suddenly the clouds became threatening, so we
decided it was time to leave! |
| August 28: |
Very quiet. No Romans about, a much less traffic
than last week. |
Marrit & Jeroen enter the tower. They never
seem to get tired of coming here! |
Marrit on the modern stairs. |
Beautiful views.. |
| August 21: |
A very nice day for our guard duty. |
A visit from Museum Dorestad Junior Club. |
Andreas undressing a volunteer. |
| July 10: |
Andreas (Chariovalda) on guard duty. |
The tower in full summer, nice to see but hard to
stay inside. |
We stuck to the shade, mostly. |
June 24:
Time Team was
filming at the tower. |
The crew has arrived in very hot weather: 30
degrees - heatwave! |
Toni Robinson being filmed for one of the intros
for the TV-series. |
They used a very historical ladder.. |
| June 19: |
The tower, shimmering in the heat. |
The new lorica squamata is nearly
finished and we decided to try it on. |
Mars? A pagan! |
Maximus & Galla. |
| June 12: |
Marrit & Jeroen posing, in their usual spot. |
The small red car belongs to the Roman guard on
duty.. |
The new sign. |
Soldier Sander. |
| May 29: |
Marrit & Jeroen posing. |
I guess the grass needs mowing? |
Hi daddy! |
One of the new information signs. |
May 1:
See more of the opening
event. |
With new information signs in place, the tower is
ready for the new season. |
It was a very hot day, and we didn't have that
many visitors. |
Surrender! |
A Fectio group shot. |
| April 23: |
The weather's turned warm and a sea of flowers
erupts around the tower. |
Spring is in the air, with a week to go till the
opening of the season.. |
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A wide angle shot of the tower in a pristine
field of dandlions. |
Flower power.. |
| April 8: |
Spring is here, but it's still cold. |
The tower's basking in the sunshine. |
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| March 3: |
Yesterday we had the most snow in about 50 years,
up to a metre in the north. |
Last night it froze -20, more than ever so late
in the year.. |
Icycle fun! |
Frozen solid.. |
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Jeroen. |
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A wide angle shot of the tower in a pristine
field of snow. |
A parting shot of the snowed-in tower across the
fields from the Marsdijk. |
| March 1: |
Supposedly
the meteorological spring has begun. |
The tower
looked like a real frontier tower today .. |
.. somehow it felt like Roman times. |
Those hot
days of August seem unimaginable. |
Well, at
least Jeroen had much fun in the snow! |
| February 23: |
And suddenly, there's the snow.. |
A snowy blanket covers the fields. |
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| February 19: |
Jeroen braves the northern wind. |
A snowstorm is heading this way. |
Sleet.. |
Shiver.. |
| January 16: |
January, and the tower has survived the new Year. |
A beautiful and cold day in the bright sunlight. |
Marrit. |
Jeroen. |
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