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Lanchester Roman Aqueduct, Castleside, Healeyfield (Castleside)

A dam made of a bank of clay, faced with stone, has been found here. It is probably of Roman date and is connected with a Roman aqueduct running to Lanchester Roman fort. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument protected by law.

Roman aqueduct system (North and South and Humber Hill Feeder) largely destroyed by ploughing and opencast mining. Slight traces remain. A northern channel ran from a low earth dam and may have run around the north side of Humber Hill, with the northern route being the feeder channel. Existence of a 'higher dam' feeding the lower dam has also been identified. The southern channel appears to have been fed by a spring. Both channels are thought to have converged and a single channel fed into a reservoir to the south-west of the fort. Several excavated sections. Scheduled monument.

D1869
Roman (43 to 410)
Scheduled Monument
  • National Heritage List for England Entry Number: 1005582
RCHME: Durham SAMs Project 1991; Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
Excavation, Lanchester Southern Aqueduct / Sawmill Wood, 1978; Lanchester Society of Antiquaries
Excavation on the Roman aqueduct at Lanchester, 1936


Source of Reference
Local History of Castleside

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