Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp (Haltwhistle)
[NY 70056589] Roman Camp [G.S.] (1)
A small practice camp, consisting of a much reduced rampart with superficial ditch, and traverse gateways on the south and east sides. Re-surveyed at 1:2500. (qv RR85a KM NY7065). (2)
Sunny Rigg 3 Roman camp surveyed by RCHME. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
RCHME account. (5)
Measures only 22m square with an internal area of 0.05ha. Visible on aerial photographs. (6)
This camp has been re-assessed in connection with RCHME's survey and publication of Roman Camps in England. The following descriptive account is taken from the published text.
One of the smallest surviving camps, enclosing an area only 22 m square (0.1 acres), is situated on a broad, almost level, shelf in a N-facing hillside, 55 m N of the Stanegate. Almost immediately to the N the ground begins to fall away in a convex slope to the marshy ground drained by the burn flowing E from Peat Steel. To the S of the Stanegate the ground rises about 20 m to the ridge, 200 m away, along which the modern road runs. This site was not chosen for its natural strength for although the outlook to the E and N is generally good the view to the S is restricted by the near horizon and there is some dead ground on the N. The rampart of the camp survives to a height of 0.2 m internally and stands 0.4 m above the bottom of the ditch, which is 0.2 m deep. There are only two entrances, on the E and on the S, both of which are guarded by a traverse. The bank of each is only 0.2 m high and the S one has been trimmed by a drain on its N side. The ditch of the E traverse is also visible although it is marked by little more than a change in the vegetation. There are no signs that the land has been cultivated but the camp has been damaged by modern drains. Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (7a-b)
The camp was recorded at a scale of 1:10000 from aerial photographs as part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Mapping Project. (7c-d)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7e)
General association with HER 6054 (Sunny Rigg 1), HER 6055 (Sunny Rigg 2), HER 12391 (Stanegate). (7)
A small camp just north of Stanegate. c. NY 700659. (7f)
Prob. duplication of NY 76 NW 17 (7g)
Erroneous duplication of NY 76 NW 17, Sunny Rigg 3 Roman Camp. See latter record for full monument details. (7a)
A small practice camp, consisting of a much reduced rampart with superficial ditch, and traverse gateways on the south and east sides. Re-surveyed at 1:2500. (qv RR85a KM NY7065). (2)
Sunny Rigg 3 Roman camp surveyed by RCHME. (3)
Scheduled. (4)
RCHME account. (5)
Measures only 22m square with an internal area of 0.05ha. Visible on aerial photographs. (6)
This camp has been re-assessed in connection with RCHME's survey and publication of Roman Camps in England. The following descriptive account is taken from the published text.
One of the smallest surviving camps, enclosing an area only 22 m square (0.1 acres), is situated on a broad, almost level, shelf in a N-facing hillside, 55 m N of the Stanegate. Almost immediately to the N the ground begins to fall away in a convex slope to the marshy ground drained by the burn flowing E from Peat Steel. To the S of the Stanegate the ground rises about 20 m to the ridge, 200 m away, along which the modern road runs. This site was not chosen for its natural strength for although the outlook to the E and N is generally good the view to the S is restricted by the near horizon and there is some dead ground on the N. The rampart of the camp survives to a height of 0.2 m internally and stands 0.4 m above the bottom of the ditch, which is 0.2 m deep. There are only two entrances, on the E and on the S, both of which are guarded by a traverse. The bank of each is only 0.2 m high and the S one has been trimmed by a drain on its N side. The ditch of the E traverse is also visible although it is marked by little more than a change in the vegetation. There are no signs that the land has been cultivated but the camp has been damaged by modern drains. Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (7a-b)
The camp was recorded at a scale of 1:10000 from aerial photographs as part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Mapping Project. (7c-d)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7e)
General association with HER 6054 (Sunny Rigg 1), HER 6055 (Sunny Rigg 2), HER 12391 (Stanegate). (7)
A small camp just north of Stanegate. c. NY 700659. (7f)
Prob. duplication of NY 76 NW 17 (7g)
Erroneous duplication of NY 76 NW 17, Sunny Rigg 3 Roman Camp. See latter record for full monument details. (7a)
N6474
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead 1999; T GATES
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead 1999; T GATES
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Hadrian's Wall Landscape from Chesters to Greenhead. An air photographic survey 2004; T Gates
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project ; RCHME
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