Temporary Marching Camp

Loomer Road, Chesterton, Staffordshire

NGRef: SJ8349
OSMap: LR118
Type: Temporary Marching Camp
Loomer Road Camp - Click to Enlarge
Loomer Road Marching Camp
adapted from the excavation plan in
NSJoFS (Vol.2, p.54, fig.1).
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See Chesterton (Staffordshire)

This camp lies about 400 yards (c.366m) south of the fort at Mount Pleasant in Chesterton.

N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
SJ8349c.325 x 315 ft
(c.99 x 96 m)
c.2¼ acres
(c.0.95 ha)
This camp is almost square, its southern corner-angle and short lengths of its south-east and north-east sides have been confirmed by excavation in the grounds of the Loomer Road Roman Catholic church. No gateways have been identified, but is is possible that the camp faced towards the north-west.
See: The North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Vol.II p.54.

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