Temporary Marching Camp

Annan Hill, Dumfries & Galloway

NGRef: NY1965
OSMap: LR85
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
none
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NY192654175+ x 175+ ft
(53+ x 53+ m)		>¾ acres
(>0.28 ha)		This small camp, sited on top of a "whale-backed" ridge overlooking the Solway Estuary, was first identified from the air by Prof. J.K. St. Joseph in 1958.

There is another camp a short distance to the north-west at Annanfoot, and others further along the north bank of the Solway Estuary at Ruthwell and Ward Law.

See: Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1958-1960 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. li (1961) p.122;
Britannia xvii (1986) p.374;
Britannia xxxiii (2002) p.290;
Britannia xxxiv (2003) p.306.

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