Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp

Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is an archaeological site in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp is situated nearby to The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, as well as near the planetarium Kielder Observatory.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: archaeological site in Henshaw, Northumberland, England, UK
Also known as: “Bean Burn 1 Temporary Camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vindolanda and Sycamore Gap tree.

Vindolanda

Fort

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. Vindolanda is situated 1 mile east of Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.

Sycamore Gap tree

Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, is a 150-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Sycamore Gap tree is situated 1 mile north of Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda

Museum

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is situated 1 mile east of Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Plenmeller.

Once Brewed

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Once Brewed is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

Plenmeller

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 3 miles southwest of Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp.

Haltwhistle

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp

Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.98819° or 54° 59′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.38141° or 2° 22′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C6VXJQ9+7C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 780458458

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q17650370

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