Cappuck was a small auxiliary fortlet on Dere Street, the Roman road running north from Corbridge through the Cheviots to the Forth. It saw at least two main phases of occupation: a Flavian establishment in the late 1st century (under Agricola or shortly after), and an Antonine reoccupation in the mid-2nd century associated with the advance to the Antonine Wall, with some evidence of activity continuing into the later 2nd century. At roughly 0.4 hectares it functioned as a road-post or small garrison station rather than a full auxiliary fort.
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Its primary role was to guard and service traffic on Dere Street between the larger forts at Newstead (Trimontium) to the north and Risingham/Habitancum to the south, acting as a staging post for troops, dispatches, and supplies in the militarised zone between Hadrian's and the Antonine Walls. Its modest size makes it a useful comparator for understanding the network of road-posts that supplemented the major forts in southern Scotland.
Excavations were carried out by Stevenson and Miller in 1886 and more substantially by Stevenson again in 1911–12, with further work in the 1950s; these revealed turf-and-timber defences, internal timber buildings, and produced pottery, coins, and an altar fragment indicating the phased Flavian–Antonine sequence. A centurial stone and inscribed material recovered from the site point to construction work by det
Cappuck was a small auxiliary fortlet on Dere Street, the Roman road running north from Corbridge through the Cheviots to the Forth. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Cappuck is classified as a Roman fort — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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