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A ‘Stracathro’-gated Temporary Camp at Raeburnfoot, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Rebecca H. Jones  and
Peter Mckeague
Rebecca H. Jones
Affiliation:
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), [email protected]
Peter Mckeague
Affiliation:
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), [email protected]
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Abstract

The review of a series of oblique aerial photographs recording a Neolithic bank barrow and adjacent post-medieval feld-system identifed the ground-plan of a Roman temporary camp on the rising ground to the north-east of the Roman fort at Raeburnfoot, Dumfriesshire. Further analysis, later confrmed by feld survey, recognised the presence of at least two upstanding gateways of a form usually referred to as the ‘Stracathro’-type and so far only known in Scotland. All the other examples are known only as cropmarks, making the camp at Raeburnfoot the sole visible earthwork camp with these unusual entrances known in the Roman world.

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Britannia , Volume 40 , November 2009 , pp. 123 - 136
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Copyright © Rebecca H. Jones and Peter Mckeague 2009. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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