The texts concerning the work and methodology of the Roman Agrimensors or Geometres are contained in a variety of extant manuscripts which have been well studied. However, when one these manuscripts is analysed with a practical surveyors appreciation of the finer points of field work, it does not stand up to scrutiny. This paper endeavors to unravel the mystic from the practical and cast light upon the actual practical works of those Agrimensors.

The text is 6 A4 pages and there are 16 diagrams, some of which are full colour.