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Lugton

Temporary Camp (Roman)

Site Name Lugton

Classification Temporary Camp (Roman)

Alternative Name(s) Elginhaugh

Canmore ID 53534

Site Number NT36NW 97

NGR NT 32527 67433

NGR Description Centred NT 32527 67433

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Dalkeith
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT36NW 97 centred NT 32527 67433

See also NT36NW 50, NT36NW 75 and NT36NW 105.

For (Elginhaugh) Roman fort and annexe (NT 32134 67346), see NT36NW 61.00.

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Note (1988)

Lugton, Temporary Camp NT 325 674 NT36NW 97

Air photography has revealed the cropmarks of a small temporary camp of about 0.6ha some 200m E of the Elginhaugh fort (NT36NW 61 & 83).

RCAHMS 1988

(Frere 1985, 265)

Publication Account (17 December 2011)

The camp at Lugton was discovered from the air by Maxwell in 1984 (Frere 1985a: 265), lying on a plateau above a loop of the River North Esk on the west side of Dalkeith, about 250m east of the Flavian fort of Elginhaugh (now lying under the ‘Offices’ on illustration 171; Hanson 2007). The camps at Eskbank lie some 600m to the south-west across the River North Esk. The camp lies in a pasture field and parts of all four sides are visible as cropmarks. It measures about 90m from NNW to SSE by 72m transversely, enclosing an area of some 0.6ha (1.5 acres). No clear entrances are known although there are possible candidates in the south-west and south-east sides.

R H Jones.

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