[NY 8138 6978] Roman Camp [G.S.] (Site of) (1)

A Roman temporary camp (almost ploughed out), 40 paces square with centrally placed gates, tutuli in the east, north and west sides and quite possibly also in the south side. (2)(3)

Barely traceable; a slight ground swelling represents the rampart; only the north gate can be identified. Surveyed at 1/2500. (4)

Grindon School Roman camp, surveyed by RCHME(Newcastle). (5)

Scheduled. (6)

RCHME account. (7)

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 ploughed-down remains of this small camp lie in an unusual position towards the bottom of the shallow valley of the Settlingstones Burn, 400 m S of the Vallum and at about 235 m above OD. The situation lacks any natural defences. Although the views are open to the E, the camp is dominated by a false crest, 100 m to the N and 13 m higher, which seriously restricts visibility. So, to a lesser extent, does rising ground to the S and W. The camp is approximately square and measures only 32 m across internally. Despite being under close-cropped pasture at the time of survey, details of the camp are barely discernable, due to the ridge-and-furrow that extends across the site from N to S; modern farming activities have also contributed to the erosion of the site athough it was already seriously abraded by 1930 (NMR AP NY 8069/1/1-2 (8b)). The E rampart is damaged by furrows and the S one is reduced to a spread mound 0.1 m high; even the better preserved sections of rampart in the N and W are denuded and do not exceed 0.3 m in height. At the NE and NW corners there are traces of an outer ditch which now measures only 0.1 m in maximum depth. Despite the small size of the camp, there is an entrance in the centre of each side. The amorphous remains of ploughed-down traverses survive outside the N, E, and W gates as low swellings no more than 0.1 m high; none can be seen on the S. A modern ditch cuts diagonally across the N rampart. Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (8a)

A Roman temporary camp is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NY 8138 6978.
The camp is formed by a very denuded bank with traces of an external ditch and measures approximately 32m by 34m. All four entrances are visible and a traverse is visible outside the northern entrance. (8c)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (8d)

General association with HER 7555 (Grindon Hill), HER 7831 (Coesike West 1), HER 12391 (Stanegate), HER 32000 (Coesike West 2), HER 7855 (Coesike East), (8)