Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBoomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps

Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps

England
List entry 1010614
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010614
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.24 hectares
Grid reference
NY 36876 57385
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps are a pair of Roman marching camps located in Cumberland, England. These sites date to the Roman military campaigns in northern Britain, likely associated with the advance into Scotland during the first and second centuries AD. The camps are identifiable through their characteristic defensive earthwork features, including ditches and ramparts that would have been constructed rapidly by Roman legions during their movements through the region. Such temporary camps served as overnight or short-term encampments for Roman forces on campaign and represent important archaeological evidence for understanding Roman military operations and movements across the landscape of Roman Britain.

Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010614. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps?

Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps are a pair of Roman marching camps located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010614.

Who is responsible for protecting Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps?

Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010614.

What other scheduled monuments are near Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton (2.3 km), Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium (2.9 km), Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row (3.2 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
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The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps

Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps

Battle of SarkBattle (1448) · ~6.4 milesBattle of Solway Moss 1542Battle (1542) · ~6.4 miles