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Freehold Street, site of camp(?) (Blyth)

[Centred at NZ 3175 8154] Ancient earthworks once existed upon the Blyth peninsula. The south east corner of this so-called camp lies beneath the modern parish church. The south west corner lay in Eldon Street, and a northern rampart may have existed along the line of Sussex Street. There is no means of determining the date of the earthworks, which were apparently of an irregular character and may have been sea dykes of a recent period. (1)

Ancient Earthwork. (2)

No further information was discovered regarding these earthworks. Their site is now completely occupied by modern streets and buildings. (3)

'Vestiges of a Roman Camp' marked on Ordnance Survey map of 1838-1847. Site surveyed by Commander Slater. May also have been the locality of the Scots army camp when they were stationed at Blyth during the siege of Newcastle. When houses built in late 1800s no trace of a Roman site was found. (4)

Site now covered by a car park. (5)
N12073
Roman (43 to 410)
UNCERTAIN
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1954; E Geary


Source of Reference
Local History of Blyth

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