(NU 02373635) Camp. (1)

An elevated rectangular platform with traces of ditch (filled almost level on north and west sides). On the east side the whole feature is indistinct. (2)

Camp. Rectangular, with multiple ramparts. Approx area 1 acre. (3)

Type B3 (forts on flat or low-lying ground). (4)

Area centred NU02373636. Upon nearly level pastureland, with a slight slope to the south; gently undulating pasture to the north. An elevated rectangular earthwork.
The interior size is approx 50m x 60m. The rampart has been reduced by ploughing to a slight outward facing scarp upon the north, east and south sides. On the west side the scarp is prominent, 4m-5m wide, 0.4m maximum height. There are faint and unsurveyable traces of a ditch upon the south side. There are no indications of entrances and no evidence of internal occupation. No evidence for dating the site and no indications of its original purpose. The nearest water supply is a stream 150m to the south-west. (5)

Generally as described and now surrounded by one very slight slope, not multiple ramparts as Authy 3. Ploughing has eliminated the ditch and spread the existing slope on south and east is unsurveyable. No evidence of typology nor date was found from any source. Published survey (25 inch) revised. (6)

Earthwork. (7)

Condition unchanged. The remains are ill-defined, but the form and dimensions resemble those of a local type of rectilinear enclosure classified by Jobey as Romano-British. (8)

NU024364. Soil mark of rectangular enclosure with rounded corners. An entrance is visible on the south-east side with clavicle. On the north corner there is another anomaly which may be another entrance although its position is unusual. Visible on infra-red line scan. (9)(10)

A sub-rectangular ditched enclosure occupies a gentle S facing slope at 105m OD. The enclosure is formed by a single ditch and has overall dimensions of 85m NE-SW by 85m NW-SE and an internal area of c. 0.5ha. There is a clearly marked entrance in the centre of the SE facing side. Most air photographs show a curved outward projection of the ditch on the W side of the entrance which distinctly resembles the clavicula of a Roman temporary camp. In all other respects, however, the site has the character of a native settlement of the Iron Age or Roman periods. The N and W sides of the enclosure are depicted as a residual earthwork on current OS maps. (11)(12a)

Scheduled as a Roman marching camp. (12b)

Aerial photograph references. (12c-d)

The site has been mapped from the air as part of the Milfield Geoarchaeology Project. (See archive object MD000298) (12)