OSMap: LR45
Type: 2 Marching Camps
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NGRef: NO6163 OSMap: LR45 Type: 2 Marching Camps |
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| Keithock Camp 1 | ||
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA |
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| NO610640 | 2,000 x c.1,400 ft (610 x c.427 m) | c.64¼ acres (c.26 ha) |
| The complete outline of this camp is known, its SE side now overlaid by the main road to Aberdeen. There are five known gateways, all protected by titulum outworks; one in the middle of both the shorter NW and SE sides, the former off-set slighty to the north, the titulus of the latter visible in fields to the immediate south of the road; two more gateways are visible in the longer NE side, one set about 750 ft. from the E angle, the other just over 400 feet from the N angle; a fifth gate lies in the long SW side, roughly opposite the southern-most gateway in the NE side, there is no trace of a gap in the defences to mark a second gateway in this side. East Mains farm lies in the S corner-angle, and the minor road to Edzell cuts across the camp's W angle. | ||
| Keithock Camp 2 | ||
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA |
| NO610640 | 450 x 300+ ft (137 x 91 m) | >3 acres (>1.25 ha) |
| Lying just NW of the larger camp is a small rectangular enclosure discovered in 1949 and measuring about 450 ft. by at least 300 ft., of which three sides and two corner-angles are recorded, including a centrally-placed gateway in the shorter NW side. It is now thought that this small 'camp' is actually an annexe to the larger Camp #1. | ||
