Temporary Marching Camp

Fala, Lothian

NGRef: NT4362
OSMap: LR66
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
WNW (8) to Elginhaugh (Lothian)
SE (6) to Oxton (Borders)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NT429619c.675 x 435 ft
(c.205 x 132 m)
c.6¾ acres
(c.2.73 ha)
This camp was discovered from the air by CUCAP in 1977 just east of Dere Street outside Fala in Midlothian. The subrectangular enclosure has much of its perimeter recorded and was very-likely aligned along the line of Dere Street to the north-west.
See: Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) p.38.

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