OSMap: LR58
Type: Marching Camp & 'Annexe'
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NGRef: NO0317 OSMap: LR58 Type: Marching Camp & 'Annexe' |
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"A woman shearing on the farm of Broomhill, at Forteviot last week, found a small gold coin which she supposed to be brass, but which is a gold coin of the Emperor Hadrian in the most beautiful preservation."
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA | DESCRIPTION |
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| Forteviot Camp 1 | |||
| NO039175 | c.2,050 x 1,350 ft? (c.625 x 411 m?) | c.63½ acres (c.25.7 ha) | Discovered in August 1951, .... The two shorter sides of this camp are slightly bowed out at their centrally-placed gateways while the longer sides are bowed slightly inwards, the re-entrant angles being focussed upon the two gateways in each of these sides. Camp #2 is attached to its south side. |
| Forteviot Camp 2 (Annexe) | |||
| NO039175 | 329 x 290 ft (100 x 88 m) | c.2¼ acres (8.8 ha) | An 'annexe' or smaller camp was discovered in the early-1960's attached to the south side of the main Camp #1 between the south gate and the south-east angle. |
