OSMap: LR136
Type: Marching Camp
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NGRef: SO1590 OSMap: LR136 Type: Marching Camp |
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| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| SO157901 | (221 x 198 (244) m) | (4.38-5.39 ha) | Known only from a 425 ft (130m) length of the E side and 625ft (190m) of the S side, there is room enough here for a camp measuring about 725ft E-W by a maximum of 800ft N-S (221 x 244 m). The ditch on the E side, when trenched, was found to be V-shaped, 3½ft wide and 2½ft deep (1.06 x 0.76 m). A gateway is recorded in the S side. |
This large marching camp, like the nearby camp at Brompton some six miles to the east, has been described by Professor St. Joseph as a "campaign camp" and dated to the campaigns of the governor Publius Ostorius Scapula sometime between AD47-52. The suspected Roman military road between the forts at Levobrinta (Forden Gaer) in the north-east and Mediomanum (Caersws) in the west passes by the camp some two miles to the north. (Webster, p.84)
