OSMap: LR53/58
Type: Marching Camp
Grassy Wells Marching Camp
Adapted from Crawford (fig.13)
SW (½) to Bertha (Perth, Tayside)
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NGRef: NO1028 OSMap: LR53/58 Type: Marching Camp |
Grassy Wells Marching Camp Adapted from Crawford (fig.13) |
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NE (7½) to Cargill (Tayside) SW (½) to Bertha (Perth, Tayside) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA |
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| NO1028 | c.2,800 x c.1,600 ft (c.850 x c.490 m) | c.103 acres (c.41.6 ha) |
| This camp was discovered by General Roy in 1771, about ½ mile NE of the fort at Bertha on the opposite bank of the Tay. The camp occupies a promontory encompassing Donald's Bank and Grassy Walls, overlooking the Tay from the E. It is very irregular in outline; the E side is just over 3,000 ft. long, the S possibly about the same, the N side about 1,600 ft. and the W side about 1,800 ft. The main Roman road into north-east Scotland passes through the centre of the encampment, after fording the Tay to the SW. | ||
