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Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm

England
List entry 1019859
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019859
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.36 hectares
Grid reference
SE 59643 54835
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman camp on Clifton Moor is a Roman military installation located near Moor Farm in Yorkshire, England. The site represents a typical example of Roman auxiliary fort construction, dating to the period of Roman occupation in Britain. The camp's physical remains, visible as earthwork features on the moor, reflect the standardised layout and defensive characteristics typical of Roman military establishments in northern England. Its location on Clifton Moor situates it within the broader network of Roman military infrastructure that secured and administered Roman-held territory in the region during the imperial period.

Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019859. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm?

Roman camp on Clifton Moor is a Roman military installation located near Moor Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019859.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm?

Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm 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 1019859.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate (2.8 km), South angle tower of Roman fortress (3.1 km), Merchant's Hall, Fossgate (3.3 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.
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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate
2.8 km
South angle tower of Roman fortress
3.1 km
Merchant's Hall, Fossgate
3.3 km
York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery
3.5 km
St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle
3.6 km
Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill
3.7 km
City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark
3.7 km
Standing tower and below ground remains of St Lawrence's Church and associated burial ground
3.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm

Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm

YorkRoman town · ~1.9 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~13.8 milesBattle of Marston Moor 1644Battle (1644) · ~7.2 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~7.6 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~12.6 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~12.7 miles
Domesday entry for Rawcliffe, Yorkshire →
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