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| Camp | British |
Mr. Geo. Ridley Newbrough | 51 Chains North West | An Ancient British encampment | ||
| (Remains of) | British |
Mr. Winter Mining Agent Haydon Bridge | High Warden. | (of Circular form) Situated on a con- | ||
| British |
White’s Directory | siderable eminence about 1 Mile North | ||||
| British Camp | McLauchlans Plan of the Roman Wall | West from Warden, its inner defence | ||||
| British Camp | McLauchlans Memoir of the Roman Wall | Appears to have Consisted of a wall | ||||
| British Camp | Bruces History of the Wall | of rough stones of which in many | ||||
| places can be seen a number of | ||||||
| "To the South of the station two hills bear evident marks of | Confused heaps protruding through | |||||
| having been fortified, on the summit of Warden Hill is a circular Camp." | the surface, particularly on its | |||||
| "Close to the Village of Wall on the Eastern side of the North Tyne, which | North South & West Sides, it | |||||
| on the part inaccessible to the plough still exhibits concentric lines of | (the Wall) was supported by two | |||||
| entrenchment." | earthen ramparts, which formed | |||||
| "Though the form of these camps is that of British rather | a deep Trench, the altitude | |||||
| than of Roman fortification we cannot doubt that the Roman after | of the site of the Wall from the | |||||
| expelling their original occupants would maintain them as posts of | Trench on the North side is much | |||||
| observation" Bruce’s Roman Wall | greater than any of the other | |||||
| "Warden Hill on which is an Ancient Camp, |
sides owing to the Considerable | |||||
| supposed to be of British construction" | fall to the North from the | |||||
| "It is probable that the small oval camp or castle immediately | Station. | |||||
| north of the Vicarage House was an outpost from the above to watch the fords | The Ramparts are in | |||||
| of the River" McLauchlans Memoir of the Roman Wall | a good state of preservation | |||||
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Transcribed by KF
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