Chew Green

  • Description

    "NT 70 NE 3 is now assigned parent status to individual child monuments NT 70 NE 27-31 (Camp I); (Fortlet II); (Camp III); (Fort IV) and (Fortlet V). The earthworks at Chew Green lie on the bank of the River Coquet between two of its tributaries: the Chew Sike on the E, flanked by steep slopes, and the gentler descent to the March Sike on the W. The earthworks comprise 2 camps (sites I and III), a semi-permanent fort (IV), a fortlet (V), and the agger of the Roman road, as well as later remains. The Roman earthworks are as complex as they are remarkable and the sequence is not wholly clear, despite the excavations of 1936..."
  • Owner

    Pastscape
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=9
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 6 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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