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Rocester Roman Fort

Hob Uid: 307294
Location :
Staffordshire
East Staffordshire
Rocester
Grid Ref : SK1116039380
Summary : The site of a Roman fort, with an earth rampart constructed in circa 160 AD and rebuilt in stone circa 280 AD. There is also a possible vicus associated with the fort. The site is possibly a walled Roman Small Town.
More information : (SK 11163938) Roman Settlement (R). (1)

In 1961 a limited excavation was undertaken in the NW corner of the new cemetery where a broad bank and probable ditch formed a corner. The section indicated a two period work, the rampart of a fort not earlier than AD 160, with an added wall not earlier than
c 280. Immediately inside the defences were substantial timber buildings (2). There is definitely "a fort and larger walled area of some 8 acres. This seemed to me too large to have been a military site so I did postulate a walled town ..." (3). (2-3)

Apart from the remains of a broad pasture-covered rampart at the NW corner of the fort, within the new cemetery, there are no surface remains to be found. The rampart, much reduced and spread by ploughing, is up to 15.0m in width, 0.7m in height internally, 1.3m externally. There are no traces of an outer ditch. (4)

Visible on APs. (5)

No change to report of Authority 4.
Rampart surveyed on 1/2500 MSD. (6)

Among finds from excavation in 1968 in the extramural area near the fort is part of the upper stone of a quern of millstone grit with an
engraved phallus. (7)

Scheduled. (8)
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Source details : First Ordnance Survey archaeology field investigator ASP 24-JAN-75
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Source details : Second Ordnance Survey archaeology field investigator AJT 05-AUG-76
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Fort, Vicus, Town
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ST 66
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Staffordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 1803
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Staffordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 1806
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 13 NW 1
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1958-01-01
End Date : 1961-12-31
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End Date : 1961-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
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End Date : 1964-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1968-01-01
End Date : 1968-12-31
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
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End Date : 1975-01-24
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Start Date : 1976-08-05
End Date : 1976-08-05
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End Date : 1987-12-31
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