A Roman marching camp that orginally covered ca. 6.2 ha.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
A Roman marching camp that orginally covered ca. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a military camp site from the Roman period in Britain.
Esgair Perfedd marching camp is classified as a Roman military camp — 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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