Caesar’s Camp, Matthew Arnold School, Staines, Surrey: Aerial Photograph Interpretation and Mapping
Author(s): H Winton
The aerial photograph interpretation and mapping described in this report ascertained the form and extent of the cropmarks of the supposed Roman camp in the playing fields of the Matthew Arnold School, Staines, Surrey. This scheduled monument was first identified as ’Caesars Camp‘ by William Stukeley who saw two concentric earthwork enclosures in 1723. Doubt was cast on the Roman interpretation by O G S Crawford who rediscovered the site in the 1930s. Major G W G Allen was the first to record the site as cropmarks when he photographed it from the air in 1933. The site was partially excavated in 1989-1990 and although the dating is inconclusive, it is suggested that the enclosures are of medieval date.
- Report Number:
- 52/2009
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 18
- Keywords:
- Medieval Post Medieval Roman Aerial Photograph Interpretation Aerial Photography Enclosure
