OSMap: LR86/87
Type: 2 Marching Camps
Stanegate: E (2) to VINDOLANDA (Chesterholm, Northumberland)
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NGRef: NY7566 OSMap: LR86/87 Type: 2 Marching Camps |
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Stanegate: W (1) to Haltwhistle Burn (Northumberland) Stanegate: E (2) to VINDOLANDA (Chesterholm, Northumberland) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| Seatsides 1, Northumberland | |||
| NY751661 | (252 x 282 m) | (6.7 ha) | This camp occupies the crest of an E-W running ridge about 1 mile (1.5 km) S of Hadrian's Wall, and 1 mile (1.7 km) E of the Chesterholm/Vindolanda fort; Seatsides-2 lies about 80m outside the NE corner. Although it appears that the camp was built astride the Stanegate, it is almost certain that the camp was built first, utilising as its main axis the crest of the ridge, and the Stanegate followed at some later time, and in choosing the best line for the road, the later Roman engineers chose to build the Stanegate along this same ridge through the centre of the old camp. Two gateways of this original camp are visible, situated in the N & S sides offset towards the E. The N gateway is protected by both an external titulum and an internal clavicula, and although traces of internal clavicular defences have been identified in the S gate, no external traverse has been found. Any gateways and defences in the E & W sides have been obliterated by the Stanegate. To the N of the road the ramparts to the W & E are pierced by gates in the centre, both with external tituli, which likely indicates that the camp has two phases of occupation, in the second phase only that half to the N of the road was used, and the agger of the Stanegate itself probably formed part of the S defences of the camp. In this, its second incarnation, the camp measured (c.110 x 280 m) and covered an area of 7½ acres (3 ha). Seatsides Farm resides in the W half of this camp and the farm track utilizes the agger of the Stanegate to provide access to the buildings. |
| Seatsides 2, Northumberland | |||
| NY752664 | (149 x 232 m) | (3.4 ha) | This camp is situated only 80m N of Camp-1, on gently sloping ground above the Brackies Burn which passes by to the N. Three gateways are recorded, 1 placed centrally in the E side and others in the N & S sides which are slightly offset to the E; with no corresponding break in the centre of the W defences, it is certain that this camp faced E. The interior of the camp has been damaged by natural erosion, ridge-and-furrow cultivation, variously dated field boundaries and modern drainage channels. |
Aside from the two marching camps at Seatsides, there are two more camps nearby to the south-east at Bean Burn (NY7566), and another at Twice Brewed (NY7566) to the north, just south of the Vallum.
