Temporary Marching Camp

Alverdiscott, Higher Kingdon, Devon

NGRef: SS4925
OSMap: LR180
Type: Temporary Marching Camp
Roads
None
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
SS492254394 x 443 ft
(120 x 135 m)		4 acres
(1.6 ha)		this camp is almost rectangular and all but its south-eastern corner has been plotted. There are apparently four gateways, placed centrally to north and south and offset to the north on the east & west sides, the camp therefore faced north. An irregular triple-ditched enclosure of prehistoric date, now ploughed flat, lies outside the south-west corner of the camp, whose defences impinge upon this earlier earthwork.
For further information see Roman Camps in England - The Field Archaeology by the R.C.H.M.E.

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