Chew Green is the site of the ancient Roman encampment, commonly but erroneously called Ad Fines (Latin: The LimitsAd Fines, Google Translate) on the 1885-1900 edition of the Ordnance Survey map,Ad Fines Camps, OS One Inch, 1885-1900, National Library of Scotland in Northumberland, England,Richmond, I.A., & Keeney, G.S. (1937). Archaeologia Aeliana (4th Series) 14, 129–50. north of Rochester and west of Alwinton. The encampment was adjacent to Dere Street, a Roman road that stretched south to York (Eboracum), and almost on the present-day border with Scotland.
Archaeological excavation at Chew Green has uncovered a complex of Roman military camps consisting of a Roman fort, two fortlets, two camps and a section of Roman road. The Roman remains were overlaid with evidence of the medieval settlement of KemylpetheKemylpethe, National Library of Scotland that included a small chapel, although the evidence for this latter is based on reports of an undocumented excavation in the 1880s and must be regarded as insubstantial. The largest camp structure is a square that encloses about with a defensive rampart and ditch. Evidence inside the fort indicates it was used as permanent settlement. The encampment likely served only as a military base, not a colonial settlement.Stuart, R. (1845). Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland. London, UK: Bell and Bradfute.
The site is within the Northumberland National Park and within the Military Training Area at Otterburn.
See also Bremenium Featherwood Roman Camps Quintus Lollius Urbicus History of Northumberland Barrow Burn Windy Gyle
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Roman Britain Keys to the Past Northumberland National Park
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