Cawthorne Camp

Cawthorn Camp (sometimes spelled "Cawthorne") is a Roman site in northeast England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of Pickering, North Yorkshire. The well-preserved earthworks outline two forts, one with an extension and a temporary camp built to an unusual plan. The earthworks date from the late 1st or early 2nd century AD. It has been suggested that they were built for practice rather than military use. Archaeological investigation has also found indications of pre-Roman activity at the site and traces of later sunken dwellings (Grubenhäuser). J. R. Mortimer discovered a late Iron Age chariot burial here in 1905, and at least one other square barrow is known from the site. The site was acquired by the North York Moors National Park in 1983.