Temporary Marching Camp

Manley, Cheshire

NGRef: SJ5072
OSMap: LR117
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
None
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
SJ5072c.426 x 377 ft
(130 x 115 m)		c.3¾ acres
(c.1.49 ha)		Discovered on aerial photographs taken on 28th July 1994, this camp is known only from its W and E corner-angles with attached lengths of the adjacent sides; 360 ft of the NW side, 330 ft of the SE, 130 ft of the SW and 80 ft of the NE (respectively; 110, 100, 40 and 25 metres). With the two opposing angles identified, an estimate of the camp's original dimensions may be ascertained.
See: New Evidence from Aerial Reconnaissance for Roman Military Sites in Cheshire
by Robert A Philpott in Britannia xxix (1998) pp.341-353.

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