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Monument Number 931535

Hob Uid: 931535
Location :
Cheshire West and Chester
Upton-by-Chester
Grid Ref : SJ4172069480
Summary : Rectangular earthwork on Upton Heath. An alleged Roman camp, but more probably a later enclosure.
More information : SJ 4172 6948 (FCE). An undated enclosure survives as a very slight
earthwork on former heathland which is now improved pasture. The
enclosure is rectangular with rounded corners, and consists of a
ditch with traces of both an internal and external bank. A trench
was dug across the ditch in 1987; no finds were recovered but the
excavator postulated a Roman military context for the site (1a).
There is no field evidence to support such a suggestion: no entrance
diagnostic of Roman military work survives, and the presence of an
external bank is very uncommon in such contexts. The feature is more
likely to be associated with post-Roman heathland management.

Surveyed at 1:1250 as part of RCHME's Roman Camps Project, but
discounted as a Roman camp. See plans and descriptive text held in
NMR. (1)
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Source Number : 1
Source :
Source details : Robert Wilson-North/03-JAN-1990/RCHME: Upton Heath Survey.
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Higham, N. 1987. `A cropmark at Upton Grange, near Chester' (unpublished excav report in Cheshire SMR).
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Temporary Camp
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence
Monument Period Name : Early Medieval, Medieval
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Monument Type : Rectangular Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 1970/1
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 46 NW 135
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1987-01-01
End Date : 1987-12-31