More information : [ST 50405578] CAMP [GT]. (1) Charterhouse camp is square in shape with very rounded corners, and has a double bank enclosing an area of about 70 yards square. The south-western corner and southern side are destroyed; whilst the eastern side is largely obliterated by mining. [For A.Ps. see ST 55 NW 1.] (2) This earthwork, situated on a gentle eminence above a small valley, has been considerably reduced by ploughing. It comprises a square central area with rounded corners bounded by a double bank and medial ditch. On the west and north sides, an outer scarp appears to represent a third bank. Any continuation of this bank around the other sides has been obscured by old mine and quarry workings. The appearance of the earthwork and its proximity to the Roman mining settlement, ST 55 NW 1, suggests a Roman date. Surveyed at 1/2500. (3) Two sherds of samian ware of forms characteristic of the Conquest period, were found during a ground inspection of 'Charterhouse Camp'. These may be thought to support the suggestion that the work is a fortlet established to supervise lead-mining soon after the Conquest. (4-5) Quite certainly a Roman Fort, indeed probably of two phases, as is indicated by air photographs; belonging to the middle of the first century AD., judging by the samian pottery found on the surface. (6) For illustration. Note, the obtuse-angled outer ditch on the west side does not seem to have been adequately considered. It can hardly be part of a first-phase Roman fort. (7) ISCALIS (?) Possibly the Roman fort and lead-mining settlement (see also ST 55 NW 1, & 35) at Charterhouse-in-Mendip. (8) Scheduled. (9)
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