Temporary Marching Camps

Moss Side, Cumbria

NGRef: NY4560
OSMap: LR86
Type: 2 Marching Camps
Roads
See Old Church (Cumbria)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
Moss Side 1, Cumbria
NY456603282 x 374 ft
(86 x 114 m)
c.2½ acres
(1 ha)
The defences of this camp delineate a parallelogram. There are gateways placed in the centre of the W and E sides, with an external titulum outside the E, but large gaps in the N & S defences cannot be proven to be gates. This camp lies almost entirely within the defences of Camp-2, and was possibly built first.
Moss Side 2, Cumbria
NY456603614 x 690 ft
(187 x 210 m)
9¾ acres
(3.9 ha)
This almost rectangular camp has gateways placed centrally in its E & W sides and others in the N & S sides off-set towards the E; the camp therefore faced E. A trapezoidal annexe of 3 acres (1.2 ha) was attached to the W end of the N defences of this camp.
See: Roman Camps in England - The Field Archaeology by the R.C.H.M.E.

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