Temporary Marching Camp

Muiryfold, Grange, Banffshire/Grampian

NGRef: NJ4852
OSMap: LR28/29
Type: Marching Camp
Roads
none
N.G.REFDIMENSIONSAREADESCRIPTION
NJ4895212,600 x 1,825? ft
(792 x 556? m)		c.109 acres
(c.44.1 ha)		Discovered by Prof. St. Joseph in 1959 and included by him among the "120-acre" series, this camp lies on the south-eastern facing slope of Gallow Hill which affords good views along the valleys of the Isla and the Deveron.

There are similarly sized camps at Raedykes, Normandykes, Ythan Wells and Kintore.

See: Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1958-1960 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. li (1961) p.123;
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1961-64 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lv (1965) pp.83/4;
Britannia ix (1978) p.277.

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