Sedgefield Roman Settlement
Minor Settlement
In 2005 an important and unusual Roman settlement was found in fields on the western side of Sedgefield alongside the Roman road and stretching out towards Hardwick Park. The site was investigated by the BBC’s Time Team and seems to have been a Romano-British settlement inhabited by Romanised Celts who were engaged in trading and industrial activities. It consisted of rows of parallel crofts and workshops on either side of a north–south trackway called Cade’s Road, creating a ladder-like layout, which could be securely dated by the many finds of Roman coins. On the east side of the road at Sedgefield, there was found evidence of large enclosures, plus pottery kilns and metalworking.
It’s very unusual to find a major settlement of this kind without an associated Roman fort or high status site like a villa in its vicinity.
Sites near Sedgefield Roman Settlement
- Binchester (Vinovia) Fort (14 km)
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) and Vicus - Old Durham (14 km)
Roman-Building - Sandforth Moor Temporary Camp (16 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Cleasby Roman Fortlet (18 km)
Fortlet - Holme House Villa (19 km)
Villa - Holmes House Roman Fort (19 km)
Trajanic Auxiliary Fort (A.D. 98–117) - Piercebridge (Morbium) Roman Bridge (19 km)
Roman Bridges - Piercebridge (Moribum) Vicus (19 km)
Vicus - Piercebridge (Morbium) Roman Fort (19 km)
Auxiliary Fort - Cade's Road (22 km)
Roman Road
British Civita, Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) and Theatres
Hadrian's Wall Fort and Roman Bridges
Colonia, Legionary Fort, Marching or Temporary Camp and Triumphal Arches
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96)
Supply Depot
Minor Settlement