Roman Camp, 750m SSW of Sills Farm - Rocherster & Byrness - List Entry
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Description
"....The camp 750m SSW of Sills Farm is part of a large network of Roman military sites clustered around Bremenium Roman Fort and Dere Street. The camp is well preserved and is a good example of its type. It will continue to contribute to our understanding of the Roman conquest and occupation of northern Britain..... The monument includes a Roman camp situated on the haugh between Sills Burn to the east and Dere Street, the Roman road from Corbridge to Newstead in Scotland. The camp is rectangular in shape with rounded corners and measures a maximum of 75m east-west by 220m north-south within an earthen bank 3.5m wide and 1.5m above the bottom of an external ditch 3.5m wide...." -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017597
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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