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Publication Account
Date 17 December 2011
Event ID 923963
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/923963
This camp lies immediately east of the village of T wechar, in the field between the houses and the church and leisure centre. It is situated on a ridge in the valley about 1km to the west of Bar Hill fort, and about 300m south of the Antonine Wall. It was first discovered from the air by Maxwell in 1976 (Goodburn 1978: 416), and parts of three sides have been visible, including most of the southeast side, 144m long, with a possible central entrance gap (although the cropmark has been interrupted by the corner of the enclosure around the church). Up to 60m of the north-east and south-west sides have also been recorded before the cropmark is lost under the houses of Twechar village. If the camp were square in form, it would enclose some 2.1ha (5.2 acres).
The camp probably relates to the construction of the Antonine Wall barrier. It is unlikely that it is a construction camp for the fort at Bar Hill because another camp has been recorded there to the rear of the fort (and given the climb required to reach the fort when there was ample space on the Hill).
R H Jones.
