Great Chesters Vicus (Aesica) (Greenhead)
[NY 705667] [Conventional sign for site of Civil Settlement]. (1)
To the south and east of the fort, remains of the Vicus are discernible in the form of vague, turf-covered foundations. (2)
Centred at NY 70456671 and correctly described. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (3)
Some features visible on thermal imagery. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
The vicus is attested by excavation (6b), epigraphy and aerial photography (6c). St Joseph's aerial photographs show buildings south of the fort, east of the road from the south gate. (6a)
See illustration card for oblique aerial photograph. (6d)
(NY 70506670 derived) The Roman Vicus of Great Chesters was first recognised by Horsley in 1732 and is situated to the SE of the fort. The remains have never been scientifically excavated and the layout is poorly understood. The only identifiable features are building platforms and terraces with rubble. The large field to the south of the fort should contain remains of the settlement, however it has been heavily ploughed and there are no surveyable earthworks except for a slight earthwork platform. This field would benefit from a programme of fieldwalking and geophysical survey. (6e)
The earthwork remains of the 'vicus' were recorded from aerial photographs at a scale of 1:10000 scale as part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Mapping Project. Remains are as recorded by ground survey. No traces are visible in the field immediately south of the fort apart from possible platform banks at the northern end of the field. Traces of ridge and furrow cultivation, no longer extant, extend across the field. (6h)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (6i)
General association with HER 6468 (Great Chesters Roman Fort), HER 6505 (Great Chesters Bath House), HER 6507 (Great Chesters Roman Cemetery). (6)
To the south and east of the fort, remains of the Vicus are discernible in the form of vague, turf-covered foundations. (2)
Centred at NY 70456671 and correctly described. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (3)
Some features visible on thermal imagery. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
The vicus is attested by excavation (6b), epigraphy and aerial photography (6c). St Joseph's aerial photographs show buildings south of the fort, east of the road from the south gate. (6a)
See illustration card for oblique aerial photograph. (6d)
(NY 70506670 derived) The Roman Vicus of Great Chesters was first recognised by Horsley in 1732 and is situated to the SE of the fort. The remains have never been scientifically excavated and the layout is poorly understood. The only identifiable features are building platforms and terraces with rubble. The large field to the south of the fort should contain remains of the settlement, however it has been heavily ploughed and there are no surveyable earthworks except for a slight earthwork platform. This field would benefit from a programme of fieldwalking and geophysical survey. (6e)
The earthwork remains of the 'vicus' were recorded from aerial photographs at a scale of 1:10000 scale as part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Mapping Project. Remains are as recorded by ground survey. No traces are visible in the field immediately south of the fort apart from possible platform banks at the northern end of the field. Traces of ridge and furrow cultivation, no longer extant, extend across the field. (6h)
Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (6i)
General association with HER 6468 (Great Chesters Roman Fort), HER 6505 (Great Chesters Bath House), HER 6507 (Great Chesters Roman Cemetery). (6)
N6506
EXCAVATION, Great Chesters (Aesica) 1897; Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle
EXCAVATION, Great Chesters (Aesica) 1908; GIBSON, J P
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Great Chesters Roman Fort Survey
EXCAVATION, Great Chesters (Aesica) 1908; GIBSON, J P
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Great Chesters Roman Fort Survey
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