Swine Hill 1 and 2 Marching Camps
Marching or Temporary Camp
Swine Hill 1, Northumberland
OS National Grid Reference: NY904825
Dimensions: 550 x 570 ft (168 x 174 m)
Area: 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Description: This almost square fort is located about 100m to the W of Dere Street 4km SSE of the Risingham fort. The camp has 3 gates, all with internal clavicula defences set centrally in the E side and offset to the E in the N & S defences; the camp therefore faced Dere Street to the E. The smaller Camp-2 lies in the NW corner of this camp, utilising part of its defences.
Swine Hill 2, Northumberland
OS National Grid Reference: NY904825
Dimensions: c.200 x 200 ft (c.60 x 60 m)
Area: c.¾ acre (0.3 ha)
Description: This small camp lies entirely within the NE quadrant of Camp-1 utilising part of the earlier large camp’s N & W defences, with the addition of new, rather more insubstantial defences to S & E The only gateways both appear in the E side, about equidistant from the SE corner-angle and the junction of the N & E rampart, some 25m apart and both protected by external tituli. The fact that the earlier Camp-1 defences were re-used unmodified proves that the period between the camps was not very long.
References for Swine Hill Camps
- Roman Camps in England – The Field Archaeology by the R.C.H.M.E.
Map References for Swine Hill Camps
NGRef: NY9082 OSMap: LR80
Roman Roads near Swine Hill Camps
None identified
Sites near Swine Hill 1 and 2 Marching Camps
- Risingham (Habitancum) Roman Fort (4 km)
Antonine Auxiliary Fort (AD 138–161) and Vicus - West Woodburn Camp (5 km)
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Hadrian's Wall Milecastle - Dargues Marching Camp (12 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Hadrian's Wall - Fort - Carrawbrough (Brocolitia) (12 km)
Hadrian's Wall Fort - Brocolitia (Carrawbrough) Vicus (12 km)
Vicus