OSMap: LR86/97
Type: 3 Marching Camps
Stanegate: E (1¼) to Haltwhistle Burn (Northumberland)
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NGRef: NY6965 OSMap: LR86/97 Type: 3 Marching Camps |
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Stanegate: W (2¼) to MAGNIS (Carvoran, Northumberland) Stanegate: E (1¼) to Haltwhistle Burn (Northumberland) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| Sunny Rigg 1, Northumberland | |||
| NY695656 | 260 x 165 ft (80 x 50 m) | 1 acre (0.4 ha) | This perfectly rectangular encampment has four gateways, all defended by external titulum outworks, set centrally in the shorter W & E sides and placed in the longer N & S ramparts off-set to the E on a ratio of 2:1; the camp therefore faced E. The camp lies 150m NE of the Sunny Rigg farm, in the centre of a field sandwiched almost equidistant between the Stanegate to the N and a modern road which passes by on the S. The site has been unaffected by field boundaries since Roman times, but its position, in the middle of a cultivated field, has meant that the camp has been almost completely levelled by ploughing. |
| Sunny Rigg 2, Northumberland | |||
| NY698657 | 230 x 280 ft (70 x 86 m) | 1½ acres (0.6 ha) | This camp has the form of a parallelogram and is situated about 460m ENE of the Sunny Rigg farm, again sandwiched between the Stanegate to the N and the modern ? road to the S. Only 3 gates were provided, set centrally in the E, W and S sides, with that on the E provided with an external titulum. Excavations in 1981 revealed a causeway across the central portion of the N ditch which may be evidence of a N gateway. |
| Sunny Rigg 3, Northumberland | |||
| NY700658 | 72 x 72 ft (22 x 22 m) | 0.1 acres (0.04 ha) | This very small camp, unlike its larger neighbours, lies some 80m N of the Stanegate, and although unaffected by the plough, has part of its N circuit damaged by modern field drains. Gateways are apparent in the centre of the E & S sides, both protected by external tituli. |
