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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 667680

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/667680

NJ45SE 5 centred 46185 51705

(NJ 4630 5167) The crop mark of a buried ditch, part of the E side with probable clavicula, and rounded NE angle of a Roman camp, was identified in 1949 at Auchinhove. The S and W sides were later traced, giving dimensions of 1,030'E-W by at least 1,100'.

Roman Camp visible on RAF air photographs DF2, 5, 6, 16; GQ 39; AKD 40; AAF 67.

J K St Joseph 1951; J K St Joseph 1961.

No surface traces. Outline of camp plotted at 1:2500 from St Joseph AP'S and ground observation.

Visited by OS (RL) 14 July 1967.

Stracathro type. Flavian.

J K St Joseph 1969.

The position of the S side was established by digging. The N-S dimension of the camp is now not less than 1,150', giving a minimum area of 30 acres.

J K St Joseph 1973.

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