01-31-2015, 12:15 PM
Angelo.
Where I have mentioned the two camps near Carvoran is that they are in a very strategic place for this is the point where the Whine Sill ends and the Red Rock fault begins, hence the reason that Hadrian's Wall had to be built in turf to the west of this point as there was no more limestone in the western area.
The Tipalt Burn runs south through this point that made it a very vulnerable place not only for Hadrian's Wall but also for the earlier frontier of the Stanegate so should we wish to try to read into the reasons as to why these camps are so rare with their double style of gates having both Tutulus and Clavicular may suggest that so much extra protection was needed at this place.
Then of course the Fort of Magna that is at Carvoran on the east side of this gap may well also have had a more defensive arrangement for this Stanegate frontier, therefore these points may help to give so much more of an interesting paper for you to come up with for there is also that there is the major Roman road the Maiden way that runs through this place that these camps could have helped to secure.
Where I have mentioned the two camps near Carvoran is that they are in a very strategic place for this is the point where the Whine Sill ends and the Red Rock fault begins, hence the reason that Hadrian's Wall had to be built in turf to the west of this point as there was no more limestone in the western area.
The Tipalt Burn runs south through this point that made it a very vulnerable place not only for Hadrian's Wall but also for the earlier frontier of the Stanegate so should we wish to try to read into the reasons as to why these camps are so rare with their double style of gates having both Tutulus and Clavicular may suggest that so much extra protection was needed at this place.
Then of course the Fort of Magna that is at Carvoran on the east side of this gap may well also have had a more defensive arrangement for this Stanegate frontier, therefore these points may help to give so much more of an interesting paper for you to come up with for there is also that there is the major Roman road the Maiden way that runs through this place that these camps could have helped to secure.
Brian Stobbs
