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<< Our Photo Pages >> Charterhouse settlement - Misc. Earthwork in England in Somerset

Submitted by abuchan43 on Sunday, 01 August 2010  Page Views: 7912

Multi-periodSite Name: Charterhouse settlement Alternative Name: Charterhouse Roman Lead mine
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Cheddar  Nearest Village: Charterhouse
Map Ref: ST504557
Latitude: 51.298253N  Longitude: 2.712798W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Charterhouse settlement
Charterhouse settlement submitted by abuchan43 : This is the site of the Charterhouse Roman fortlet, looking SE. The light band in the middle of the picture is the west boundary. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Roman Fortlet and settlement, part of the Roman lead mine and Roman mining settlement at Charterhouse AD 49
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Charterhouse settlement
Charterhouse settlement submitted by abuchan43 : This stone with part of an engraving on it, is now part of a dry stone wall, 620 meters NE of the Roman fort at Charterhouse. Does anybody recognize what it is, and could it be Roman? (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Charterhouse settlement
Charterhouse settlement submitted by abuchan43 : This is a close-up of the engraving on a stone in a dry stone wall at Charterhouse, showing the fine detail. Could it be Roman? (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Charterhouse settlement
Charterhouse settlement submitted by abuchan43 : This picture was taken from the site of the Roman Fortlet at Charterhouse, looking NW. The Roman mining settlement can be seen in the middle of the picture with the Roman amphitheatre in the top left-hand corner. The contrast has been forced to make everything stand out. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Charterhouse by abuchan43 on Monday, 02 August 2010
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For further reading on this site see,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charterhouse_Roman_Town

http://www.roman-britain.org/places/charterhouse.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castra
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