[NY 8437 7049] Roman Camp [G.S.] (Site of) (1)

A very small and barely visible Roman camp 300 yards east north east of Brown Dykes Camp (NY 840703). (2)

Re-surveyed at 1/2500. An outline bank is just traceable. (3)

This site is very dubious and I would omit it from any future Roman Britain Map. (4)

Scheduled. (5)

The identification of this earthwork as a Roman camp is suggested as doubtful. (6)

This site has been re-assessed in connection with RCHME's survey of Roman Camps in England. The following account is taken from the survey report.
This enclosure, lying at roughly 225 m OD, is situated on a gently-inclined S-facing slope, in permanent rough pasture. The site has panoramic views, although they are more restricted to the N and W. The severely eroded remains, about 50 m square overall, enclose an area 35 m across (0.12 ha: 0.3 acres). On the N and W, the rampart stands to a maximum height of 0.2 m internally and is up to 0.45 m above the bottom of the external ditch, 0.2 m deep. On the E and S no ditch is now visible; here the outer scarp is only 0.2 m high and the inner scarp no more than 0.1 m. The NE corner of the monument is overlain by a comparatively recent walled plantation which has destroyed all evidence in this area. Additional partial destruction has occurred through the insertion of land-drains across the site. Although it has frequently been described as a camp (Bruce 1933, 106, see auth 2), there seems to be no good reason for this. The evanescent nature of the ramparts has rendered it impossible to determine the site of any original entrance. The site has no diagnostic Roman characteristics and may be relatively recent in date. It is not the 'camp' mentioned by Hodgson (7b) and by MacLauchlan (7c), who seems to have been describing a low-rectangular platform edged with boulders and probably of post-medieval date, at 84497034; measuring 21.1 m E-W by 15.4 m N-S, this platform averages about 0.4 m in height. Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (7a)

The square embanked enclosure with an outer ditch, is visible as earthworks on air photographs and lidar images, centred at NY 8435 7049. The north-west corner is obscured by trees (not the north-east as described by authority 5). This enclosure may be similar to other earthwork enclosures found both to the north and south of Hadrian's Wall (see NY 87NW 2 and NY 87 SW ??). These may potentially be Romanio-British settlements. (7d)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (7e)

General association with HER 7554 (West Howden Hill Romano-British settlement). (7)