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Roman Military Camps in Britain

Roman marching camps and temporary military encampments across Britain — the temporary bases of legions on campaign.

94 sites — individual pages for each

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Military Camps in Roman Britain

Roman marching camps were temporary fortified enclosures built by legions on the move, thrown up at the end of each day's march and abandoned the next morning. Identified primarily through aerial photography and LiDAR survey, they preserve a remarkable record of Roman military movement — including campaign routes into Scotland under Agricola, Septimius Severus and other commanders.

All 94 military camp sites recorded in Britain are listed below, each with its own dedicated page covering historical context, significance, nearby Roman sites, scheduled monuments and Domesday Book cross-references.

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94 Military Camp sites in Britain

A pair of Roman camps and a section of a post-medieval sunken road situated in the north eastern corner of Cornbury Park
A Roman Camp in Banwell Woods
Alchester Roman parade ground, access road and marching camp
Alverdiscott
Auchinhove camp
Bagraw Roman camp and section of Roman road, 463m NNW of Bagraw
Birdhope Camps
Bowes Moor
Brandon Camp
Broadbury Castle Roman camp
Burnswark Hill Roman Camp
Coesike West temporary camps
Dargues
Dunning camp
Esgair Perfedd marching camp
Gallaberry Camp
Girvan Mains
Haltwhistle Burn Temporary Camp 4
Hawford Roman camp
Hod Hill
Holme Roman temporary camp
Lees Hall Roman Camp
Logie Durno camp
Manless Town medieval settlement and the buried remains of a Roman camp
Merton Roman Camp
Normandykes
Norton Fitzwarren
Palisade ditches, part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast, Roman camp & road and part of Romano-British field system, 250m north of Silloth Farm
Part of a Roman camp at Hoole 200m south of Hoole Hall
Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
Pennymuir
Raedykes camp
Red House Roman Camp
Reycross
Roman Camp
Roman camp 1100yds (1010m) E of Brampton Bryan parish church
Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
Roman camp 250m west of Hill Top Farm
Roman camp 300m west of Upton Grange Farm
Roman camp 405m west of The Bungalow
Roman camp 430m east of Dodderhill Court Farm
Roman camp 470m south of Carr Banks Farm
Roman camp 600yds (550m) WSW of Swindon iron works
Roman camp and prehistoric round cairn 700m north-east of Bellshiel Bridge
Roman camp and section of Roman road 700m south east of Field Head Farm
Roman camp and section of Roman road on Lofshaw Hill
Roman camp and settlement site W of Horstead
Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
Roman camp at Bent Farm
Roman camp at Stamford Lodge, 350m north west of Stamford Hollows Farm
Roman camp at Upton Heath, beside the water tower north of Long Lane
Roman camp at Upton, 350m north east of the water tower north of Long Lane
Roman camp N of Bromfield Farm
Roman camp near Mitford Steads
Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
Roman camp on Birch Hill 200m north west of Birchdale Farm
Roman camp on Bootham Stray, 450m north east of Moor Farm
Roman camp on Clifton Moor, 275m NNE of Moor Farm
Roman camp on Fox Covert Lane 650m north west of Picton Gorse
Roman camp on Huntington South Moor, 300m east of Huntington Grange
Roman camp on Stamford Heath, 350m north east of Stamford Hollows Farm
Roman camp south of Field Head Farm
Roman camp, 1.05km north of Featherwood
Roman camp, 1.58km west of North Yardhope
Roman camp, 250m north-west of Silloans
Roman camp, 350m east of Redlands Bank
Roman camp, 400m SSW of Sills Farm
Roman Camp, 750m SSW of Sills Farm
Roman camp, 900m NNE of Featherwood
Roman camp, forts and a vexillation fortress 240m north of Lake Farm
Roman camp, forts and a vexillation fortress 240m north of Lake Farm
Roman camp, Kinvaston
Roman camp, Matthew Arnold School's playing field, Staines
Roman camp, Seldom Seen
Roman camps at Greensforge
Roman camps SW of Stoneyford Cottages
Roman marching camp
Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
Roman Vexillation Fortress, two Roman Marching Camps, and a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Newton on Trent
Springhill Roman camp
Stone circle, defended settlement, Romano-British farmstead and field system, Roman camp and group of shielings immediately south of Greenlee Lough
Three Roman camps NW of Brompton Mill including tumulus and section of Offa's Dyke
Tomen-y-Mur West Practice Camp II
Two Roman camps 350m north east of Lodge Farm
Two Roman camps N of Water Eaton
Two Roman camps near Greensforge
Unenclosed hut circle settlement, two round cairns, medieval transhumance settlement and two pillow mounds, 360m south east of Rey Cross Roman camp
Upton-by-Chester
Wall Town Roman camp
Walwick Fell Roman temporary camp
Warcop Roman camp and length of Roman road, 285m south west of Moor House
Ward Law
Waverton Temporary Camp
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