Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRoman forts, marching camps and associated monuments

Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments

England
List entry 1021151
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021151
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
39.68 hectares
Grid reference
SS 66117 00833, SS 66184 00623, SS 66207 00246, SX 66090 99897, SS 66364 00806
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable access to the specific details of the monument designated NHLE 1021151 in Devon. Rather than provide potentially inaccurate information about this particular fort, I should note that Roman forts in Devon generally date from the first and second centuries AD and represent the military infrastructure of the conquest and consolidation of the south-western peninsula. Such installations typically comprised defensive ditches, ramparts, and timber or stone structures arranged in characteristic playing-card layouts, and they played crucial roles in controlling territory and facilitating communication and supply across the region.

Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021151. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments?

I do not have reliable access to the specific details of the monument designated NHLE 1021151 in Devon.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments?

Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments 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 1021151.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 570m west of Stoneyhurst (9 km), Cairnfield 760m west of Stoneyhurst (9 km), An agglomerated enclosed settlement 480m west of Stoneyhurst (9 km).

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Monuments
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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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments

Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments

ExeterRoman town · ~16.7 miles