Walton Temporary Camp 2
Marching or Temporary Camp
The largest of the three smaller camps has its entire circuit recorded, along with four distinct gateways, placed centrally in the shorter east and west sides and in the north and south defences displaced towards the east by a ratio of 3:1; the camp appears, therefore, to face towards the ENE. Walton Camp-1 lies just outside the camps west defences and is aligned with them and Camp-3 lies close by to the east, though on a slightly different alignment. the A44 cuts obliquely across the camp from south-east to north-west.
It seems very likely that the smaller camps at Walton were all contemporary, given that they are carefully built alongside each other, and it is possible that the large camp at Hindwell Farm was also built around the same time, evidently during troop build-up before a substantial push into Wales.
References for Walton Camps
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.121;
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) pp.239/40 & fig.22;
Map References for Walton Camps
NGRef: SO2559 OSMap: LR137/148
OS National Grid Reference: SO254599
Dimensions: 630 x 535 ft (192 x 163 m)
Area: c.7¾ acres (3.13 ha)
Roman Roads near Walton Camps
None identified
Sites near Walton Temporary Camp 2
- Walton Temporary Camp 3 (0 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Hindwell Farm Roman Fort and Camp (1 km)
Claudian Auxiliary Fort (AD 43–54) and Marching or Temporary Camp - Burfa Camp (3 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Maes-treylow Discoed (6 km)
Possible Roman Fort - Clifford Roman Fort (13 km)
Neronian Auxiliary Fort (AD 54–68) - Colwyn Castle Roman Fort (16 km)
Neronian Auxiliary Fort (AD 54–68) - Clyro Vexillation Fortress (17 km)
Vexillation Fort - Caer Caradoc Knighton (17 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Boatside Farm Temporary Camp - Clyro (17 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Coxall Knoll (18 km)
Iron Age Hillfort