{{short description|Roman military installation in Northumberland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military installation |image = Chew Green Roman camp - geograph.org.uk - 14252.jpg |caption = Chew Green Roman camp |name = Chew Green (Ad Fines) |location = Northumberland, England, UK |pushpin_map = United Kingdom Northumberland |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Northumberland |gridref = {{gbmappingsmall|NT787086}} |coordinates = {{Coord|55.371|-2.337|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Chew Green''' is the site of the ancient Roman encampment, commonly but erroneously called '''Ad Fines''' (Latin: '''The Limits'''<ref>[https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=la&tl=en&text=ad%20fines Ad Fines], Google Translate</ref>) on the 1885-1900 edition of the Ordnance Survey map,<ref>[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14&lat=55.37102&lon=-2.33207&layers=1&b=1 Ad Fines Camps], OS One Inch, 1885-1900, National Library of Scotland</ref> in Northumberland, England,<ref>Richmond, I.A., & Keeney, G.S. (1937). ''Archaeologia Aeliana'' (4th Series) 14, 129–50.</ref> {{convert|8|mi|0}} north of Rochester and {{convert|9|mi|0}} west of Alwinton. The encampment was adjacent to Dere Street, a Roman road that stretched south to York (Eboracum), and almost on the present-day border with Scotland.
Archaeological excavation at Chew Green has uncovered a complex of Roman military camps consisting of a Roman fort, two fortlets, two camps and a section of Roman road. The Roman remains were overlaid with evidence of the medieval settlement of Kemylpethe<ref>[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.36863&lon=-2.32778&layers=193&b=1 Kemylpethe], National Library of Scotland</ref> that included a small chapel, although the evidence for this latter is based on reports of an undocumented excavation in the 1880s and must be regarded as insubstantial. The largest camp structure is a square that encloses about {{convert|17|acre|0}} with a defensive rampart and ditch. Evidence inside the fort indicates it was used as permanent settlement. The encampment likely served only as a military base, not a colonial settlement.<ref>Stuart, R. (1845). ''Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland''. London, UK: Bell and Bradfute.</ref>
The site is within the Northumberland National Park and within the Military Training Area at Otterburn.
==See also== * Bremenium * Featherwood Roman Camps * Quintus Lollius Urbicus * History of Northumberland * Barrow Burn * Windy Gyle
==External links== {{Commons category|Chew Green Roman Camp}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010135711/http://www.roman-britain.org/places/chew_green.htm Roman Britain] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060816045314/http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N13 Keys to the Past] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722154345/http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/chewgreen Northumberland National Park]
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Category:Roman fortifications in England Category:Roman sites in Northumberland Category:Former populated places in Northumberland Category:Anglo-Scottish border Category:Roman fortified camps in England Category:Alwinton Category:Rochester, Northumberland