Earthwork record MAB44324 - YTHAN WELLS/ GLENMAILEN

Roman camps, comprising a 120 acre camp partially overlying a smaller Agricolan camp with a Strathcathro-type claviculae.

Roman camps, comprising a 120 acre camp partially overlying a smaller Agricolan camp with a Strathcathro-type claviculae. The larger camp is shown on a map of 1789. The north side of the larger camp cuts the west side of the smaller exactly at the point where the ditch of latter turns outwards at the gate. In construction the defences of the larger camp are stronger than those of the smaller. The rampart still survives in two places, averaging 3.5m wide and 0.7m high. The camp lies in arable and improved pasture fields, with parts of its south west and south east sides still preserved in field boundaries. Here the rampart measures 3.7m in width and up to 0.7m in height. Parts of the north west, north east and south east sides are visible as cropmarks on air photographs. Two of the six tituli are clearly visible as crop marks, in the northern part of the north west side and in the centre of the north east side. Haverfield and Macdonald carried out excavations at the site in 1913, recording that the ditch was at least 2.7m wide and 1.2m deep on the south west side. Further excavations were carried out in 1968 to discover the relationship between it and the second overlapping camp (NJ63NE0037), discovered from the air that year to the east. The ditch of camp I was recorded as v-shaped on the north east side, measuring 3.4m wide and 1.2m in depth.

AB/6469-78 (1982), AB/6469-78 (1982) (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13869.

McDONALD, G, 1916, PSAS 50(1915-16) 317-59, 348-59 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1225.

CRAWFORD, OGS, 1949, TOPOGRAPHY OF ROMAN SCOTLAND, 116-20, PLAN (Bibliographic reference). SAB245.

ST JOSEPH, JK, 1951, JRS 41, 65 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1866.

ST JOSEPH, JK, 1958, JRS (1958) 93, 93 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1896.

ST JOSEPH, JK, 1959, JRS 59, 104-28, 112-9 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1897.

ST JOSEPH, JK, 1970, BRITTANIA 1, 163-78, 174-6 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1895.

ST JOSEPH, JK, 1977, JRS 67, 125-61, 143 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1898.

JONES, R. H., 2011, ROMAN CAMPS IN SCOTLAND, 321 (Bibliographic reference). SAB925.

Aug 1 1971 , BHB 61-64, BHB 61-64 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13882.

Aug 2 1974 , BRD 46-7, 49-52, BRD 46-7, 49-52 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13886.

Jul 5 1949 , DE 74-5, DE 74-5 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13872.

Jul 14 1951 , GQ 32-34, GQ 32-34 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13887.

Jul 15 1947 , V 25, V 25 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13871.

Jul 15 1958 , XD 62-74, XD 62-74 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13888.

Jul 15 1959 , AAF 53-4, AAF 53-4 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13889.

Jul 19 1961 , ADY 14, ADY 14 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13891.

Jul 20 1972 , BJX 26-7, 28-33, BJX 26-7, 28-33 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13883.

Jul 21 1976 , CAF 68-89, CAF 68-89 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13895.

Jul 22 1960 , ACG 74-5, 77-9, ACG 74-5, 77-9 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13875.

Jul 22 1960 , ACG 74-9, ACG 74-9 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13890.

Jul 22 1960 , ALX 47-51, ALX 47-51 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13876.

Jul 22 1973 , BOG 63-65, 67-69, BOG 63-65, 67-69 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13884.

Jul 23 1964 , AKD 24-29, AKD 24-29 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13892.

Jul 25 1965 , AVW 16-26, AVW 16-26 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13878.

Jul 26 1975 , BVE 14-17, BVE 14-17 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13894.

Jul 28 1943 , D 66-8, D 66-8 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13870.

Jul 28 1972 , BKG 21-22, BKG 21-22 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13893.

Jul 28 1973 , BOP 71-72, BOP 71-72 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13885.

Jul 29 1968 , AWC 94-101, AWC 94-101 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13880.

Jul 29 1968 , AWD 1-4, AWD 1-4 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13881.

Jul 29 1968 , K17- N148-153, K17- N148-153 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13879.

Jul 30 1957 , VZ 4-6, VZ 4-6 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13873.

Jul 31 1957 , VZ 42-47, VZ 42-47 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13874.

Jul 31 1965 , ATI 10-13, ATI 10-13 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13877.

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Oct 29 2025 10:36AM