Valerie Maxfield is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Exeter.

• Foreword, iv; Notes on contributors, v; Map of Saxon Shore forts, vi; The historical development of the Saxon Shore J.C.Mann, 1; The coast of south-east England in Roman times C.P.Burnham, 12; The Classis Britannica H.Cleere, 18; The study of the Saxon Shore J.Munby, 23; The architecture of the Saxon Shore forts S.Johnson, 30; The Continental Litus Saxonicum R.Brulet, 45; The South-East after the Romans: the Saxon settlement S.C.Hawkes, 78; Defence of the realm: medieval and later defences A.D.Saunders, 96; Gazetteer, 113; Abbreviations, 165; Bibliography, 165.