Archaeology Notes

Event ID 680719

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO02SE 52 0563 2457.

Aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 1979, 1986 & 1993) has recorded the cropmarks of a Roman temporary camp approximately 140m to the SE of Easter Powside farm. The cropmarks are of rhomboidal form, and have approximate dimensions of 50m E to W and 90m N to S.

Information from RCAHMS (GJW) 15 January 1998

NO 056 245 A small (c 1.1 acre; 0.45ha) rectangular enclosure (NMRS NO02SE 52) found from the air some years ago beside the East Pow on the farm of Marlefield has generally been thought to be a small Roman camp. This would seem to be confirmed by a trial section of its defences (at the SE corner) which revealed a V-sectioned ditch, 1.9m wide and 0.84m deep, with bottom slot. No dating evidence was recovered.

Sponsor: Roman Gask Project.

D J Woolliscroft 1998