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Rijswijk - De Bult. Modern monument on the site of an ancient farm, built by a Cananefatian family. The consecutive building stages are indicated with different kind of paving stones. It was originally constructed from wood in c.25 CE. The inhabitants lived close to the main town of their tribe, Voorburg, or, as it was called back then, Municipium Cananefatum. | |
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This town must have been the place where the farmers sold the products
they had produced.
The first building at De Bult may have been a smaller version of this Iron Age farm, which was reconstructed in the Archeon archaeological park. |
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The Cananefatian farm was expanded twice. The original farm had measured
measured 9½ x 5 m; it is dark grey on this map. The first reconstruction
was an expansion and added a new room; now, the building measured 13 x
6½ m. It is shown in light grey. The third building phase, red,
was an entirely new building that measured 19 x 8 meters.
In c.125, the farm was rebuilt in a more Roman, square fashion. This wooden building measured 20 x 6 meters (light green). This building phase may have been connected to the visit of the emperor Hadrian to the area, which resulted in a renewal of the nearby town. From now on, it was called Forum Hadriani, "the market of Hadrian". |
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In the second half of the second century, a real Roman villa was constructed (28 x 7 meters; blue; the fifth building phase), to which a room with pavement and heating was added in the third century (dark green). This picture, another reconstruction at the Archeon, shows how it must have looked in the mid-third century. Like nearby Voorburg, Rijswijk - De Bult was abandoned in c.275. The ruin remained recognizable as a small hill, whence it was called "De Bult" (little mound). Here you can see it on a satellite photo. |
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