Chew Green
| Chew Green Latin: Ad Fines | |
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Northumberland | |
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 Chew Green Roman camp | |
| Type: | Roman camp |
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| Grid reference: | NT787086 |
| Location: | 55°22’16"N, 2°20’13"W |
| History | |
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Chew Green is the site of the ancient Roman encampment amongst the fells of Northumberland: it is commonly, but erroneously, called Ad Fines ('The Limits') as that is the name given on the 1885-1900 edition of the Ordnance Survey map,[1], England,[2] The site is found eight miles north of Rochester and nine miles west of Alwinton. The encampment was adjacent to Dere Street, a Roman road that stretched south to York (Eboracum), and towards Edinburgh.
Archaeological excavation at Chew Green has uncovered a complex of Roman military camps consisting of a Roman fort, two fortlets, two camps and a section of Roman road. The Roman remains were overlaid with evidence of the mediæval settlement of Kemylpethe[3] that included a small chapel, although the evidence for this latter is based on reports of an undocumented excavation in the 1880s and must be regarded as insubstantial. The largest camp structure is a square that encloses about 17 acres, with a defensive rampart and ditch. Evidence inside the fort indicates it was used as permanent settlement. The encampment likely served only as a military base, not a settlement.[4]
The site is within the Northumberland National Park and within the Military Training Area at Otterburn.
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References
- ↑ Ad Fines Camps, OS One Inch, 1885-1900, NLS
- ↑ Richmond, I.A., & Keeney, G.S. (1937). Archaeologia Aeliana (4th Series) 14, 129–50.
- ↑ Kemylpethe, NLS
- ↑ Stuart, R. (1845). Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland. London, UK: Bell and Bradfute.
