Temporary Marching Camp

Bellshiel, Northumberland

NGRef: NY8199
OSMap: LR80
Type: Temporary Marching Camp
Roads
See BREMENIVM (High Rochester, Northumberland)

There are two more camps nearby at Sills Burn and another three at Birdhope.

N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NY818998c.1,050 x c.1,640 ft
(c.320 x c.500 m)		c.39½ acres
(15.9 ha)		This large rectangular camp has only 2 readily identifiable gates, one set in the centre of the E side protected by an external titulum, and another in the S side offset to the E and protected by an internal clavicula. Many other gaps are visible in the perimeter but none can be readily identified as gateways. A cairn occupies the exact centre of the camp, and several (medieval?) bell-pits are scattered about both within and outside the defences.
For further information see Roman Camps in England - The Field Archaeology by the R.C.H.M.E.

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