Field Visit
Date 26 November 1997
Event ID 1127521
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1127521
NN81NE 16 centred 8904 1803
Not to be confused with Strageath Roman fort (NN 8980 1800), for which see NN81NE 2.00.
Cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP) reveal a Roman temporary camp, confirmed by small scale excavation (Maxwell 1980), laid out across the relatively flat terrace to the W of Strageath Roman fort. The camp is playing card shape on plan, measuring about 470m from ESE to WNW by about 280m (c. 13.1ha). The NW and SW angles are visible and the ESE end is marked by a very wide and irregular ditch, possibly the product of erosion. Immediately beyond this ditch there is a scatter of at least eight pits.
Ditches marking part of a field-system (NN 81NE 39) and scatters of pits (NN 81NE 20, 64) are also visible as cropmarkings within the area of the temporary camp.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 26 November 1997.
