Temporary Marching Camp

Finavon, Tayside

NGRef: NO4957
OSMap: LR54
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
none
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NO497574c.1,400 x 1,167 ft
(c.427 x 336 m)		c.37½ acres
(c.15.2 ha)		Discovered on aerial photographs by J.K. St. Joseph in 1962, this camp lies on a river terrace north of the South Esk. A gateway was noted in 1969 lying in the centre of the south-east side - the only one so far recognised - and the entire circuit had been determined by the early 1970's.
See: Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1961-64 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lv (1965) p.83;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.111;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.224;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1973-76 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxvii (1977) p.140;
Britannia xix (1988) p.425.

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