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Saxon Shore forts printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for ages 7 to 11, ages 11 to 14, families, history fans and visitors.
Saxon Shore Forts Junior Topic Pack
Ages 7 to 11, schools and families
Meet Portchester, label a fort wall, early and later forts, Roman-times-or-after sorting cards, put-it-in-order date cards, a true-or-false quiz, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, a fort to colour, a certificate and a full answer key
Saxon Shore Forts History Detective Pack
Ages 11 to 14
Why were the Saxon Shore forts built: to keep out Saxon raiders, or to defend Britain against Rome? Six short sources with their provenance, an evidence table, a dates task, questions the sources answer differently, and a judgement task, with full answers
Saxon Shore Forts Family Activity Pack
Families, ages 5 and up
Colouring pages, a fort maze, spot-the-difference, design your own fort, Useless the Eraser’s fort jokes and a 20-question quiz to do together
Saxon Shore Forts Spotter’s Field Guide
Adult history fans and travellers
How to read a Saxon Shore fort, walls, towers and gates, early and later forts, 12 places with what English Heritage says about them, a timeline, open questions and a checklist
Saxon Shore Forts Visit Journal
Visitors of all ages
Before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for the walls and inside the fort, six sketch pages, a log for up to 12 visits, and a visit stamps page
Saxon Shore Forts Timeline & Poster Set
Classrooms and home
Six poster pages: a timeline from AD 43 to 2023, a fort wall cut through, three fort shapes, the way in, Richborough’s great arch, and the forts in numbers
Best valueThe Complete Saxon Shore Forts Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.