Trench Hall Banks
Possible Roman Fort
Trench Hall Banks is a suspected fort lies about three miles to the west of the Roman road running between Wroxeter and Whitchurch in Shropshire, at a point about mid-way between the two towns. If the enclosure does turn out to be Roman, its position, forward of the military highway suggests that it was constructed before the road was laid. The elongated shape, almost twice as long as broad and forming a parallelogram in outline, does not conform to the standard playing-card format of a Roman military enclosure. There are other reasons to suspect that the site is non-Roman; its position, overlooked by high-ground close-by is very un-military, also the fact that the only finds turned-up during frequent ploughing have all been Medieval or Tudor in date; although this second point may be due to continuing occupation where the overlying Medieval layers have been disturbed but the ploughshare has not yet reached the underlying Roman levels. More field-work is needed to evaluate this interesting and probably multi-period site.
Map References for Trench Hall Banks
References for Trench Hall Banks
Shropshire Sites and Monuments Record (PRN 01136, 2002)
Map References for Trench Hall Banks
NGRef: SJ515270 OSMap: LR126
Roman Roads near Trench Hall Banks
None identified
Sites near Trench Hall Banks
- Rutunium (4 km)
Possible Roman Settlement - Bury Walls (6 km)
Iron Age Promontory Hillfort - Uffington Temporary Camp (14 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Whitchurch (Mediolanum) Roman Fort (15 km)
Claudian Auxiliary Fort (AD 43–54), Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) and Vicus - Duncot Roman Fort (17 km)
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) - Whittington Marching Camp (17 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Sharpstones Hill (17 km)
Iron Age Settlement - Norton 2 Temporary Camp (18 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Norton 1 Temporary Camp (18 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Wroxeter (Viroconivm Cornoviorum) Roman Settlement (19 km)
Aqueduct and British Civita