Cropmark record MAB64717 - GAGIE

Cropmarks of a Roman camp.

Cropmarks of a Roman camp. At Gagie, two straight lengths of ditch, forming the east and south sides of a Roman camp, together with the rounded angle between them, were observed on a level shelf commanding extensive views during aerial reconnaissance by CUCAP in 1973. No trace of this Roman camp can be seen above ground. The western side is probably delineated by a steep west-facing slope while the northern part of the camp lay, in 1973, within a plantation of recently felled firs. The east side, is visible for 88.39m and the south side for 167.64m, almost to the steep slope, suggests an area of 5 to 10 acres. A trial section dug by St Joseph revealed a small ditch 1.44m wide and 0.71m deep. A visit by the OS in 1975 discovered no trace of the camp visible on the ground. A thin cropmark trace is visible on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1947 by the RAF. This shows a line on the north and west and a rounded corner between. The line is uneven on the north side and may possibly represent an annexe for the camp or represent part of the previously unrecorded northern and western sides of the camp. CUCAP aerial photographs taken in 1979 show a distinct linear cropmark running roughly east-west in the southern field.

B/51373/PO, B/51373/PO (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB21363.

B/51374/PO, B/51374/PO (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB21364.

St Joseph, J K, 1973, J Roman Stud 63, 224 (Bibliographic reference). SAB9661.

St Joseph, J K, 1974, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB11016.

JONES, R. H., 2011, ROMAN CAMPS IN SCOTLAND, 208 (Bibliographic reference). SAB925.

Aug 1 1979 , CKM28, 29, CKM28, 29 (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB21078.

Sep 26 1947 , NO43 CPE/SCOT/UK/304 3071, NO43 CPE/SCOT/UK/304 3071 (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB25982.

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