OSMap: LR120
Type: Marching Camp
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NGRef: SK6355 OSMap: LR120 Type: Marching Camp |
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| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| SK638557 | (c.184 x c.212 m) | (3.9 ha) | The Farnsfield camp is sub-rectangular with no two sides or angles the same. The longer north-west and south-east sides measure 675 & 715 feet (206 & 218 metres) respectively, and the shorter south-west and north-east sides measure 597 & 610 feet (182 & 186 metres). The ditch was V-shaped and measured about 9 feet (2.8m) wide by about 6 feet (1.8m) deep with a cleaning slot in the bottom. The rampart was constructed of stacked turves set on a bed of gravel about 7¼ feet (2.2m) wide and set back about a foot (0.3m) from the edge of the ditch. A gateway 18¾ feet (5.7m) wide was revealed during excavations in 1978 in the centre of the north-eastern defences; a wider gap in centre of the south-western defences probably marks the position of another gateway. |
This camp lies only 2½ miles (4km) to the west of the Osmanthorpe vexillation fortress. The camps at Calverton lie only 3 miles (4.8km) to the south-south-west.
