Holme Roman temporary camp is a marching camp of approximately 9.3 ha situated in Nottinghamshire near the River Trent, identifiable from cropmarks recorded by aerial photography. Camps of this size could accommodate a substantial vexillation — perhaps a legionary detachment with auxiliaries — and most likely date to the conquest-period campaigns of the mid-to-later 1st century AD, when Roman forces were pushing north through the Trent corridor toward the Humber and beyond.
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The camp lies on a major north–south axis of Roman military movement along the Trent valley, complementing the better-known forts and camps at Newton-on-Trent, Marton, and the legionary base at Lincoln (Lindum). Its location reflects the strategic use of river crossings and floodplain terraces during the suppression of the Brigantes and subsequent troop movements.
The site is known principally from aerial photography showing the characteristic playing-card outline of ditch and rampart, rather than from significant excavation, so little is recorded about internal features, gates, or dating evidence. No substantial assemblage of finds has been published, and its precise chronology remains inferred from regional parallels rather than secured stratigraphically.
Holme Roman temporary camp is a marching camp of approximately 9.3 ha situated in Nottinghamshire near the River Trent, identifiable from cropmarks recorded by aerial photography. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a military camp site from the Roman period in Britain.
Holme Roman temporary 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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