Petty Knowes Roman Cemetery

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Petty Knowes Roman Cemetery preserves the earthworks of a former stretch of Roman road in Northumberland. It is one of four stretches of Roman road the Albion Guide maps in the county. It sits within Northumberland National Park National Park. For more of the same, Bagraw Roman camp and Chew Green are close by.

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