Temporary Marching Camp

Cornhill, Coulter, Lanarkshire/Strathclyde

NGRef: NT0235
OSMap: LR72
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
NE (8½) to Kirkhouse (Strathclyde)
SW (4) to Lamington (Strathclyde)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NT0223591,550 x 1,180 ft
(472 x 360 m)		42 acres
(17 ha)		Discovered from the air by Prof. St. Joseph in 1972, this camp overlooks a large meander of the Clyde just south-west of Biggar. The original camp was later reduced in size to just over 32 acres (13 ha). The camp is similar in size to the two-phase camp at Carlops, about two day's march to the north-east beyond the similarly-sized camp at Kirkhouse, just one day's march away.
See: Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) pp.33/4;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1973-76 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxvii (1977) p.133 & fig.6, p.134;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.217.

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