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A Newly Identified Roman Temporary Camp at Cow Close, near Bowes, Co. Durham

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Tim Gates  and
Stewart Ainsworth
Tim Gates
Affiliation:
23 Hampden Street, York
Stewart Ainsworth
Affiliation:
English Heritage, York
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Abstract

This note is concerned with the recognition of a previously unrecorded Roman temporary camp at Cow Close, near Bowes, in County Durham. Its possible significance as one of a chain of early Flavian camps linking York and Carlisle is also examined.

Keywords

ROMAN ARMYROMAN CAMPSROMAN ROADSBOWES
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Britannia , Volume 39 , November 2008 , pp. 240 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Tim Gates and Stewart Ainsworth 2008. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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