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Rodger Gate
Hob Uid: 60147
Location : North Yorkshire Ryedale Cropton
Grid Ref : SE7777089380
Summary : An alleged Medieval trackway running through the complex of Roman earthworks known as Cawthorn Camps (SE 79 SE 45).
More information : SE 777893 to SE 788904. Rodere Gate. A Medieval track- way that crosses Cawthorn Roman Camps. (1) (SE 77778938 to 78378999). This track is known as "Rodger Gate". The name "Rodere Gate", previously applied by Ordnance Survey is due to an error in transposition from R. H. Hayes private 6" sheet.(2) The RCHME describe the Portergate as having the appearance of a 'packhorse track', 3m wide at the top but only 1m wide at the base. (3) The Portergate's course through Cawthorn Camps has been mapped by photogrammetric survey using large scale air photographs (4). This survey forms part of a wider research project (1998-2002) investigating Cawthorn Camps. In addition to the air photographic work, this research has included geophysical survey, topographic survey of Fort A and Annexe B, and two seasons of excavation, although no trenching of the Portergate was undertaken. (5-6) The date and function of this feature still remains uncertain; in places it is curiously deep and narrow at its base and is less convincing as a trackway. (4-6)

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Source details : Corr 6" (R H Hayes 1949)
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Source details : Letter (R A H Farrar RCHM 13.1.76)
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : R H Hayes
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Welfare, H. and Swan, V. 1995. 'Roman Camps in England. The Field Archaeology'
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Stone, J. 2002. 'Cawthorn Camps, North Yorkshire. Air Photograph Evaluation' (Phase II)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Wilson, P. and Lee, G. 1999. 'Cawthorn Camps, North Yorkshire. Project Design for Trial Excavations'
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Wilson, P. and Lee, G. 2002. 'Cawthorn Camps, North Yorkshire. Assessment and Revised Project Design'
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Trackway
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 78 NE 80
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1999-08-01
End Date : 1999-11-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2002-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Rodger Gate