Temporary Marching Camp

Callander, Bochastle, Central

NGRef: NN6107
OSMap: LR57
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
See Bochastle (Central)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NN61071,740 x 1,200 ft
(530 x 365 m)		47¾ acres
(19.4 ha)		This temporary camp was discovered in 1949 and occupies the land to the south-west of the fort at Bochastle, between the fort and the Eas Gobhain. The encampment is Flavian in date, as testified by its Stracathro-type entrances.
See: Air Reconnaissance of North Britain by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xli (1951) p.64;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.244;
Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell and D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) p.29;
Britannia xxx (1999) p.328.

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