NGRef: NY6266
OSMap: LR86
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
See Banna (Birdoswald, Cumbria)

Willowford Plantation Temporary Marching Camp

N.G.RefDimensionsAreaDescription
NY625661 c.230 x 295 ft
(c.70 x 90 m)
1½ acres
(0.6 ha)
This small camp is an irregular polygon, roughly rectangular, with gateways to the N and E, each off-set from centre towards the NE and protected by external tituli. A glacial boulder known as the Greystone lies in the SE corner of the camps defences.
See: Roman Camps in England - The Field Archaeology by Welfare & Swan (HMSO, London, 1995).