Whilst looking for a corollary to the Windridge ditch I had a look at the crop marks of the known fort at Water Newton. They were a very similar in dimension and inner corner angles, but then it was pointed out to me that the Fort was actually seveal hundred metres East of the crop marks I had mis-identified.
I may be clutching at straws, but do these two crop marks look like Roman military to anyone?
Is it possible that this set of ditches under the A1 directly south of Water Newton village is another camp?
Could the similarities in dimension and corner angle suggest the Water Newton crop marks and those at Windridge are camps are of the same date?
Could they have beeen the camps of Paulinus set up followng the Boudiccan campaign?
The Water Newton known fort is top right, squarish field with visble road crossing and trees on eastern boundary, the crop marks in question are the double ditch in green south of the road
Zoom on crop marks
Water Newton and Windridge compared for scale
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I may be clutching at straws, but do these two crop marks look like Roman military to anyone?
Is it possible that this set of ditches under the A1 directly south of Water Newton village is another camp?
Could the similarities in dimension and corner angle suggest the Water Newton crop marks and those at Windridge are camps are of the same date?
Could they have beeen the camps of Paulinus set up followng the Boudiccan campaign?
The Water Newton known fort is top right, squarish field with visble road crossing and trees on eastern boundary, the crop marks in question are the double ditch in green south of the road
Zoom on crop marks
Water Newton and Windridge compared for scale
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