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Oblique aerial view of Castledykes Roman Fort, temporary camp and annexes.

SC 351353

Description Oblique aerial view of Castledykes Roman Fort, temporary camp and annexes.

Date 1984

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 351353

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 30983

Scope and Content Fort and temporary camps at Castledykes, South Lanarkshire This fort and temporary camps are at Castledykes, near Carstairs. They stand on a plateau overlooking a number of natural routes through the area. There were at least three phases of occupation at the site. The temporary camps lie NE and NW of the fort. This is an aerial view of the site. Though little of the fort remains at ground level, its layout can still be seen as cropmarks. The fort and its E annexe lie either side of the band of trees. In the top left corner of the image is one of the camps. The fort was probably first built during Agricola's third or fourth Scottish campaign, in the AD 80s, and was abandoned about AD 86. It was re-built about AD 142, with minor alterations in the AD 150s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 177) RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Sub-Group Level (551 177/9) 1984 Photographs

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