ROMAN FORT ON THE PENNINES.
One of the chain of forts built by the Roman legionaries for the defence of Britain against the enemies to the north id in danger being submerged below the rubbish of Saddleworth. The local farmer in whose fields the site of this ancient monument lies has offered it to the Urban District Council for use as a dumping ground. Though there is not much to see, the site, known as Castleshaw, isi a piece of history, and as such has been partly excavated, and pottery has been found. The officer in control of the troops stationed there evidently felt the cold of this military post lying 900 ft. high on the (dope of the Pennine Range, because a hypocaust for heating .his bath has been found there. The site has some exceptional features, as one fort lies within another, one wall being common to both ; the outer fort covers over three acres, the inner a little over half an acre. The walls were of turf on a foundation of stonb. Archaeologists are hoping to complete the excavations, which were interrupted by the war; so there are strong reasons against the site being buried under a pile of refuse.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 3
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203ROMAN FORT ON THE PENNINES. Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 3
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