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Great Chesters Vicus

Hob Uid: 1083100
Location :
Northumberland
Greenhead
Grid Ref : NY7050066700
Summary : The site of the Roman vicus of Great Chesters (Aesica). It was first recognised by Horsley in 1732 and is situated to the south-east of the fort. The remains have never been scientifically excavated and the layout is poorly understood. The only identifiable features are building platforms and terraces with rubble. The large field to the south of the fort should contain remains of the settlement; however, it has been heavily ploughed and there are no surveyable earthworks except for a slight earthwork platform.
More information : [NY 705667] [Conventional sign for site of Civil Settlement] (1)

To the south and east of the fort, remains of the vicus are discernable in the form of vague turf-covered foundations. (2)

Centred at NY 70456671 and correctly described.
Published survey (25") revised. (3)

The vicus is attested by excavation (a), epigraphy and aerial photography (b). St Joseph's aerial photographs show buildings south of the fort, east of the road from the south gate. (4)

See illustration card for oblique aerial photograph. (5)

(NY 70506670 derived) The Roman Vicus of Great Chesters was first recognised by Horsley in 1732 and is situated to the SE of the fort. The remains have never been scientifically excavated and the layout is poorly understood. The only identifiable features are building platforms and terraces with rubble. The large field to the south of the fort should contain remains of the settlement, however it has been heavily ploughed and there are no surveyable earthworks except for a slight earthwork platform. This field would benefit from a programme of fieldwalking and geophysical survey. (6)

Scheduled (7)

The earthwork remains of the 'vicus' were recorded from aerial photographs at a scale of 1:10000 scale as part of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site Mapping Project. Remains are as recorded by ground survey. No traces are visible in the field immediately south of the fort apart from possible platform banks at the northern end of the field. Traces of ridge and furrow cultivation, no longer extant, extend across the field. (8)

Located on the English Heritage map of Hadrian's Wall 2010. (9)
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Map of Roman Britain 1964
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Source details : Bruce JC 1957 Handbook to the Roman Wall (Ed IA Richmond)
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Source details : 14-Jul-97
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Source details : NMR NY 7066/11 (2171/425) 26-JUL-1984
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Source details : F1 RWE 25-MAY-66
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Source Number : 4a
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Page(s) : 44
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Vol(s) : 24, 1901-2
Source Number : 4b
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Source details : St Joseph DO 29
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Source details : Oblique A.P. R.C.H.M.(N.M.R.)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Donnie Mackay/15-NOV-1988/RCHME: Great Chesters Roman Fort Survey
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Source details : Horsley J 1732 Britannia Romana
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Source Number : 6d
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Source details : (J P Gibson)
Page(s) : 43
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Vol(s) : 24, 1901-2
Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Vicus, Platform, Terrace
Evidence : Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 7066/10
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26065
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Northumberland)
External Cross Reference Number : 6506
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 76 NW 49
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1895-01-01
End Date : 1897-12-31
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1908-01-01
End Date : 1908-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-05-25
End Date : 1966-05-25
Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1987-09-01
End Date : 1989-10-01
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31