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Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall

England

List entry 1015129

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1015129

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.55 hectares

Grid reference

SJ 42978 67819

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Part of a Roman camp at Hoole, located 200 metres south of Hoole Hall in Cheshire, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains of a Roman military installation. The site preserves visible defensive ditches and other structural features characteristic of Roman temporary or semi-permanent camps of the Imperial period. Its precise dating and strategic function within the broader pattern of Roman occupation in north-west England remain subjects of archaeological study, though such installations typically relate to the campaigns and garrison activities of the first and second centuries AD. The monument's survival as earthworks makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding Roman military infrastructure in the region.

Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015129. View the official record →

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What is Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall?

Part of a Roman camp at Hoole, located 200 metres south of Hoole Hall in Cheshire, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains of a Roman military installation.

Who is responsible for protecting Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall?

Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall 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 1015129.

What other scheduled monuments are near Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Huntington Hall moated site (4.5 km), Motte and associated earthworks east of Old Rectory (5.3 km), Moated site 180m W of Fir Tree Farm (5.7 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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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

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Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Huntington Hall moated site

4.5 km

Motte and associated earthworks east of Old Rectory

5.3 km

Moated site 180m W of Fir Tree Farm

5.7 km

Moated site and fishpond S of Huntington Hall

5.8 km

Moated site north-west of Mill Hill House Farm

6 km

Bruera moated site and adjacent field system

7.3 km

Standing cross in St Mary's churchyard

7.4 km

Hatton Hall moated site

8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall

Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall

Battle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~3.5 miles Battle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~15.5 miles Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~19.4 miles

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