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Lees Hall Roman camp

England
List entry 1010934
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010934
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.14 hectares
Grid reference
NY 70468 65674
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lees Hall Roman camp is a first-century Roman military installation located in Northumberland. The site represents one of the auxiliary forts constructed during the early phases of Roman occupation in northern Britain, likely dating to the Flavian period. The camp's earthworks survive as ditches and banks that define its characteristic playing-card shaped layout, typical of Roman military architecture. Its strategic position reflects Rome's systematic consolidation of control over the frontier regions during the campaigns that preceded the construction of Hadrian's Wall.

Lees Hall Roman camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010934. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lees Hall Roman camp?

Lees Hall Roman camp is a first-century Roman military installation located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010934.

Who is responsible for protecting Lees Hall Roman camp?

Lees Hall Roman camp 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 1010934.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lees Hall Roman camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp (0.4 km), Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp (0.6 km), Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp (0.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
Civil War
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
0.4 km
Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
0.6 km
Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
0.9 km
Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
1.6 km
Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
2.8 km
The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
3.1 km
Camp in Oakwood SE of Plenmeller village
3.4 km
Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lees Hall Roman camp

Lees Hall Roman camp stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Lees Hall Roman camp

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~7.7 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~20.6 miles
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