Bromfield Camp

Marching or Temporary Camps

Bromfield Camp was discovered on A.P.’s in 1948, almost the entire outline of this camp is recorded, only the south-west corner being unknown, but its position may be extrapolated from the surviving portions of the western and southern ramparts. The camp is an almost perfect rectangle with rounded corners. A gap in the centre of the eastern defences probably constitutes a gateway protected by a defensive titulum outwork; the opposite (western) defences have been destroyed by modern quarrying. A gap in the longer north side, off-set from centre towards the west by a ratio of 3:2, possibly marks another gateway, and if this is so, the camp was aligned towards the WSW. The crop-marks on the opposite (south) side are patchy, and no gate can be confirmed here (JRS 1953 p.85, 1958 p.95).

Map References for Bromfield Camp

OS National Grid Reference: SO485775
Dimensions: c.1,080 x 845 ft (c.330 x 258 m)
Area: 21ΒΌ acres (8.5 ha)

References for Bromfield Camp

  • Air Reconnaissance of Southern Britain by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xliii (1953) pp.81-97;
  • Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1955-7 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xlviii (1958) pp.86-101;
  • Roman Camps in England – The Field Archaeology by the R.C.H.M.E.

Roman Roads near Bromfield Camp

None identified