OSMap: LR80
Type: Marching Camp
Dere Street: SSE (4) to HABITANCVM (Risingham, Northumberland)
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NGRef: NY8693 OSMap: LR80 Type: Marching Camp |
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Dere Street: NNW (2) to Blakehope (Northumberland) Dere Street: SSE (4) to HABITANCVM (Risingham, Northumberland) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| NY860937 | (c.200 x c.300 m) | (5.9 ha) | This rectangular, 'playing card' shaped camp has four gates each originally protected by internal clavicula defences. The gates are placed centrally in the south-west and north-east sides and those on the longer north-west and south-east sides offset 165 feet (50m) to the north-east; the camp therefore faced in this direction. Dargues Burn flows past the camp outside the south-eastern defences and Dere Street is roughly aligned with the north-eastern defences. Modern drains have destroyed the ramparts at many points, especially the north-east side, and farm buildings have obliterated the eastern corner-angle. |
