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Monument Number 1008193
Hob Uid: 1008193
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Bowness
Grid Ref : NY2093061990
Summary : Two parallel ditches, a part of the Roman frontier defence which forms the western extension to Hadrian's Wall along the Cumberland coast. First identified by aerial photographs, the ditches are confirmed by excavation and geophysical survey.
More information : At NY 209 619 a linear feature, comprising two ditches 46m apart, was revealed by aerial photography in 1975, extending from the vicinity of Biglands milefortlet (MF1) in a NE direction for approximately 200m. It was partly excavated by Higham and Jones in 1975, who contended that this formed part of a continuous, western extension to the Hadrian's Wall defensive system (1a). There is no trace on the ground. (1) Scheduled (2) Additonal reference (3) Two parallel ditches, seen as cropmarks on air photographs, centred at NY 2093 6199. The ditches are seen to run in a SW-NE direction from the east side of milefortlet 1, for a distance of 180 m. The ditches lie approximately 40 m apart. The existence of the ditches has been confirmed by excavation. They approach the front and rear corners of the milefortlet and held the line of a palisade. (4) Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (5)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Keith Blood and Colin Lofthouse/10-MAR-1994/RCHME: Cumberland Coast Project.
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : (Higham, N J and Jones, G D B)
Page(s) : 20-Mar
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Vol(s) : 132, 1975

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Source details : 21/02/1997
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : The Western Extension of Hadrian's Wall: Bowness to Cardurnock (GDB Jones)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : NY2061/8 GBJ 13482/10 01-Jan-1975
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Source Number : 5
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Frontier Defence
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 499
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27732
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 26 SW 42
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1975-01-01
End Date : 1975-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-01-19
End Date : 1994-02-02

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1008193