Treasured Places
Date 1 August 2007
Event ID 554211
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Treasured Places
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/554211
The Roman temporary camp at Ward Law was first recorded as an earthwork in 1772 but is now only visible as a cropmark. The camp is rectangular in form and displays the distinctive 'playing card' shape associated with Roman military sites. Several entrances to the camp are protected by additional lengths of ditch, known as 'tituli', but that on the NW is protected by four tituli. Excavation at the site showed that the ditch cuts through bedrock, the expense of manpower perhaps indicating that the camp had a longer occupation than that traditionally associated with temporary camps.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 1 August 2007
Jones, R H 2006
