02-05-2020, 09:54 AM
Just took a quick look at the lidar data in the area shown by John's red dot. There is a lidar feature; an L shaped elevation. Corner is square. Feature is on a steep-ish slope with elevation change of c. 15 m.
Wrong topographic location for a marching camp. Feature doesn't have rounded corner. Feature has a 'fresh' appearance - doesn't look old enough. And - written because it is expected of me - there is no nearby water supply. At a guess I'd say this might be a medieval to post-medieval, well-formed, banked, field boundary. Possibly enhanced expression of the bank due to down-slope migration of slope material.
Don't think this is a Roman marching camp.
Regards, Steve Kaye
Wrong topographic location for a marching camp. Feature doesn't have rounded corner. Feature has a 'fresh' appearance - doesn't look old enough. And - written because it is expected of me - there is no nearby water supply. At a guess I'd say this might be a medieval to post-medieval, well-formed, banked, field boundary. Possibly enhanced expression of the bank due to down-slope migration of slope material.
Don't think this is a Roman marching camp.
Regards, Steve Kaye