1 A rifle range is marked on the 1886 6″ Ordnance Survey map.
The site of a firing range which was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was located 600m west of Chesterton Green.
1 1961: Excavation either side of the Fosse Way exposed the cobbled foundations of the N gate and two periods of town defences. A clay rampart 9m wide was protected ...
An archaeological excavation on either side of the Fosse Way exposed the cobbled foundations of the north gatehouse and evidence of two periods of occupation associated with Chesterton Roman Camp.
1 In July 1966 earth-moving equipment was noted at Chesterton Camp and it was discovered that the farmer had received permission from MPBW to plough the site.
2 Ten weeks were ...
The archaeological excavation of the north west corner of the Roman Camp at Chesterton. The remains of a rampart and ditch were found. These were followed in the first half of the fourth century by a stone wall, ditches and counterscarp.
1 Through this lordship doth one of those Roman ways… extend…; upon which, as is apparent, hath been a Roman Fortification, and within the compass thereof divers old coynes digg’d ...
Chesterton Camp, a Roman fortification which was built around the shrunken Roman town. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is located 800m north west of Windmill Hill.
