NT 890455 A Roman camp was discovered on top of the river scarp above the south bank of the Tweed, 1-1/4 miles south of Norham, from St Joseph air photos. A provisional plan has been supplied by RCHM but they have not yet visited the site. Crop marks show the line of a narrow ditch defining the whole of two sides and most of a third, and three of the rounded angles. A gate with a traverse can be seen in each of the three visible sides. The size of the camp is 220 feet by 290 feet, an area of 1-1.25 acres. (1-2)

Additional bibliography. (3)

Norham Roman camp plan by RCHME (Newcastle). (4)

Visible on aerial photographs. (5)(6)

The camp measures 70m east-west by c.80m north-south. Its ditch is broken by gates on three sides. The position of the gates suggests the camp faced north across the river Tweed. (7)

A Roman temporary camp, centred at NT 8897 4541, is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. It is as described by previous authorities. (8)

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.
The cropmarks of a small camp have been photographed on the crest of the river terrace, on the S bank of the River Tweed, 70 m above the haughland at Bendibus Shiel (CUCAP BEE 82-3 (9b); St Joseph 1973, 215 (see auth 1)). Immediately to the W of the camp a shallow tributary valley provides added protection. There are good views downstream for at least 800m, but upstream they are restricted by rising ground just W of the camp.
The camp measures only 70 m from E to W, by not more than 80 m transversely and its ditch is broken by gates on three sides. There seems to have been a traverse outside each of the gates. A hint of a turn in the W ditch to form the NW angle suggests that the E and W gates may have been placed in an approximate 1:2 ratio along the N to S axis. The camp, therefore, faced N across the river, and its N defensive line, which is not visible, must have lain almost on the crest of the scarp, giving a probable area of 0.5 ha (1.2 acres).
Cropmarks cover much of the fields on either side of the camp. These consist of pit alignments, ring-ditches, unenclosed roundhouses of prehistoric type and, most prominently, an unusual circular ditched structure with opposed entrances, the SE one markedly inturned. One of the pit alignements seems to be partly contiguous with the S ditch of the camp; its crop indications are stronger, but by analogy with elsewhere they are not likely to be associated. (See NT 84 NE 25, 27, 29, and 43). Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (9a)

A Roman temporary camp, centred at NT 8897 4541, is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. It is as described by previous authorities. The other features noted in the locality are recorded in NT 84 NE 25, NT 84 NE 27, NT 84 NE 43, NT 84 NE 46. (9c)

General association with HER 930 (pit alignment), HER 931 (cropmark complex), HER 935 (cropmark enclosure), HER 931 (enclosure), HER 34412 (cropmark complex). (9)