OSMap: LR86/87
Type: Marching Camp
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NGRef: NY7769 OSMap: LR86/87 Type: Marching Camp |
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See VERCOVICIVM (Housesteads, Northumberland) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| NY774695 | (118 x 142 m) | (1.4 ha) | This sub-rectangular camp lies about a mile (1.5 km) NW of the fort at Housesteads on the summit of an escarpment on the S shores of Greenlee Lough, and protected on the W and S by the Jenkins Burn. 2 gateways are apparent, set centrally in the N & S defences and protected by internal claviculae, possible gateways in the centre of the E & W sides have been obscured by a modern trackway which bisects the camp. The camp was built over an existing prehistoric field-system, and further evidences of pre-Roman habitation may be seen in the fields to the NE. |
