Temporary Marching Camps

Blainslie, Lauderdale, Borders

NGRef: NT5544
OSMap: LR73
Type: 2 Marching Camps
Roads
See St. Leonards (Lauderdale)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
Blainslie Camp 1
NT552442c.1,700 x 1,200 ft
(c.518 x 366 m)		c.46¾ acres
(c.18.8 ha)		Reported by Prof. St. Joseph in 1965, enough of this camp remains for a reasonable estimate of its original dimensions to be made. There is a centrally-placed gateway in the south side, but the position of the north side is unknown.
South Blainslie Camp 2
NT545427? ft.
(? m)		c.1¼ acres
(c.0.5 ha)		This possible Roman enclosure was photographed from the air in 1986. It measures no larger than 1¼ acres.
See: Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.216;
Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) p.38;
Britannia xviii (1987) p.315.

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