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Roman marching camp is a scheduled ancient monument located in Lincolnshire, England. The site represents a temporary military installation dating to the Roman period, when such camps served as overnight stopping points for mobile legionary forces during campaigns or strategic movements across Britain. The camp's earthworks, which survive as defensive ditches and banks, demonstrate the standardised planning and engineering practices characteristic of Roman military operations. As one of a network of similar installations across the province, this site contributes to understanding Roman military logistics and the routes of army movement during the occupation of Britain.
Roman marching camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004958. View the official record →
Roman marching camp is a scheduled ancient monument located in Lincolnshire, England.
Roman marching 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 1004958.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancaster village cross (0.8 km), Ancaster Roman settlement (1.2 km), Iron Age settlement (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman marching camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roman marching camp stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.