Chew Green

{{short description|Roman military installation in Northumberland, England}}

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{{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

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Northumberland

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|coordinates = {{Coord|55.371|-2.337|display=inline,title}}

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Chew Green is the site of the ancient Roman encampment, commonly but erroneously called Ad Fines (Latin: The Limits[https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=la&tl=en&text=ad%20fines Ad Fines], Google Translate) on the 1885-1900 edition of the Ordnance Survey map,[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 in Northumberland, England,Richmond, I.A., & Keeney, G.S. (1937). Archaeologia Aeliana (4th Series) 14, 129–50. {{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[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.36863&lon=-2.32778&layers=193&b=1 Kemylpethe], National Library of Scotland 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.Stuart, R. (1845). Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland. London, UK: Bell and Bradfute.

The site is within the Northumberland National Park and within the Military Training Area at Otterburn.