Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roman soldiers

Re:Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roma... by hanoz on Sunday September 10, 2017 @05:41PM (#15214441)

I came across a couple of features (https://houseprices.io/lab/lidar/map?ref=NY7569166021) about 1km west of Vindolanda (https://houseprices.io/lab/lidar/map?ref=NY7705466352) on a Lidar Map I made.

I assume they're not unknown to science as they're pretty prominent, but then again they're not marked on the Ordnance Survey map as such things tend to be, like the Roman Camps just to their north west for example (http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/375689_566022_120).

Any archaeologists in the house?

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Re:Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roma... by arethuza on Sunday September 10, 2017 @05:49PM (#15214475)

Whatever they are they are fairly visible in Bing Aerial view (NB I used Bing as they have OS 1:25,000 maps).

Edit: Speaking of things not being on OS maps - I've noticed that over the last ~40 years (since I started looking at OS maps at an early age) that they show far less historical details than they used to. I don't know if this is policy to keep maps less cluttered or because many things in agricultural areas simply have been ploughed over so many times that nothing remains. A shame either way.

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Re:Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roma... by davidvaughan on Monday September 11, 2017 @06:41AM (#15217469)

They do appear as "Roman camp" on an OS at the right scale - try the website, where you can sign up for free for a week. Or the Heritage Gateway website mentioned by ascorbic.

There's a lot in the area that's still to be dug. It's a matter of finding the money to fund digs.

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Re:Unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall: lost secrets of first Roma... by ascorbic on Sunday September 10, 2017 @07:28PM (#15214869)

The best place to look is Heritage Gateway. http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/gateway/

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