| | CRAVEN ARMS / STRETFORD BRIDGE |
 | | Of the two temporary marching camps discovered near Stretford Bridge the first to be established was probably the smaller marching camp at Craven Arms to the south, followed by the larger camp which occupies the inferior ground, this situation also increases the likelihood of the camps being contemporary. |
 | | It is thought likely that they both date from the initial campaigns of Scapula westwards into Wales, and were possibly built within only a few days of each other, sometime in either AD47 or 48. |
 | | One, a little north of Craven Arms and at the south boundary of the parish of Wistanstow, lies on level ground (at SO 430837) on the east side of the Roman road, there represented by a farm lane. |
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