Buckton Park Temporary Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
Buckton Park Marching Camp is in close proximity to the fort at Buckton, which lies only 150 metres (c.490 feet) to the south-east, has led to it being identified as the work-camp which temporarily housed the legionary builders of the fort. This would mean, of course, that the two were contemporary, in which instance the camp would have been built sometime around 90AD.
One mile and a half south-west of Leintwardine. The position of this small work is naturally defended on the south by the River Teme. The mount is of unusual form, being oval and having the western portion higher than the rest, an arrangement which may not be part of the original plan. The moat surrounding the mount was evidently once much deeper, and water from the stream could either wash round or at flood times be caught and dammed up; the eastern portion of the moat has been filled up to form a croquet lawn, and other portions are also more or less destroyed. The mill is probably of ancient date, and the race, which is a cutting from the Teme, five-eighths of a mile west, was made both to fill the castle ditch and work the mill, a common custom with the Normans.” (V.C.H. Herefordshire)
Map References for Buckton Park Camp
References for Buckton Park Camp
- Roman Camps in England – The Field Archaeology by the R.C.H.M.E. Victoria County History – Herefordshire Vol.1 (1908) pp.224/5 & fig. p.225.
Roman Roads near Buckton Park Camp
None identified
Sites near Buckton Park Temporary Camp
- Buckton Roman Fort (0 km)
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) - Jay Lane Roman Fort (1 km)
Claudian Auxiliary Fort (AD 43–54) - Brampton Bryan Camp (1 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Walford Camp (1 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Leintwardine (Bravinium) Roman Settlement (2 km)
Major Settlement and Supply Depot - Brandon Camp Roman Fort (2 km)
Neronian Auxiliary Fort (AD 54–68) - Brandon Camp Hillfort (2 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Coxall Knoll (2 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Pyon Wood Camp (8 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Caer Caradoc Knighton (8 km)
Iron Age Hillfort