Temporary Marching Camp

Smeaton, Dalkeith, Lothian

NGRef: NT3469
OSMap: LR66
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
See Elginhaugh (Lothian)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NT345693950+ x 600+ ft
(290+ x 183+ m)		>13 acres
(>5.3 ha)		Reported by St. Joseph in 1965 and excavated in 1995, the western ditch was seen to be V-shaped, with a square "ankle-breaker"/drainage-slot in the bottom, up to 11½ feet wide by around 5½ feet deep (3.5 x 1.7 m). A gateway in the north side is defended by a tutulus outwork.

There are other camps along the Esk at Eskbank, Lugton and Inveresk.

See: Britannia xxvii (1996) p.402;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.216;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1961-64 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lv (1965) p.80.

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