Temporary Marching Camp

Lugton, Lothian

NGRef: NT3267
OSMap: LR66
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
See Elginhaugh (Lothian)
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NT325674c.265 x 265 ft
(c.80 x 80 m)		c.1½ acres
(c.0.65 ha)		Discovered from the air in 1984 just east of the Elginhaugh fort, this small camp has been severely damaged by quarrying; the original size may only be estimated.

There are other camps along the Esk at Eskbank, Dalkeith and Inveresk.

See: Britannia xvi 1985 p.265;
Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) p.38.

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