Site of Roman fortlet and temporary camp. The fortlet guarded the crossing of the Burn by the Stanegate. It pre-dates the construction of Hadrian's Wall, which passes 0.5 km to the north.
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Site of Roman fortlet and temporary camp. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
Haltwhistle Burn Roman Fortlet and Camp is classified as a Roman fortlet — 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.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate (0.4 km), Markham Cottage Roman temporary camps 1 and 2, a section of the Stanegate Roman road, a length of Roman road and two Roman cemeteries (0.5 km), Haltwhistle Burn Temporary Camp 4 (0.6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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