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Chew Green

Cheviot Hills, Northumberland

Lonely Roman camps on Dere Street, high on the border.

Chew Green is one of the remotest Roman sites in Britain, high in the Cheviot Hills on the border between England and Scotland. Here, on the line of Dere Street, the Romans built a series of camps and a small fortlet, whose earthworks can still be clearly seen.

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When
Roman
Where
55.3300, -2.2400
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

Reached by the Pennine Way or a long drive up Coquetdale. Check army range times.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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