Middlebie Hill Temporary Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
Middlebie Camp 1
OS National Grid Reference: NY208764
Dimensions: 1,250 x 1,100+ ft (381 x 335+ m)
Area: >31½ acres (>12.8 ha)
Description: Discovered on aerial photographs by J.K. St. Joseph and first reported in 1951, this camp lies on Middlebie Hill, some ¾-mile north of the Birrens complex.
Middlebie Camp 2
OS National Grid Reference: NY208764
Dimensions: ? ft (? m)
Area: ? acres (? ha)
Description: This small camp, reported by Prof. St. Joseph in 1973, lies wholly within the perimeter of the larger Camp #1.
References for Middlebie Camps
- Air Reconnaissance of North Britain by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xli (1951) p.58;
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1951-5 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xlv (1955) p.85;
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1961-64 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lv (1965) p.79;
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.217.
Map References for Middlebie Camps
NGRef: NY2076 OSMap: LR85
Roman Roads near Middlebie Camps
None identified
Sites near Middlebie Hill Temporary Camp
- Blatobulgium (Birrens) Vicus (2 km)
Vicus - Birrens (Blatobulgium) Roman Fort (2 km)
Antonine Auxiliary Fort (AD 138–161) - Broadlea Temporary Camp 1 (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Broadlea Temporary Camp 2 (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Birrens Temporary Camp (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Burnswark Training Camp 1 (3 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp and Practice Work - Burnswark Training Camp 2 (3 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp and Practice Work - Fairholm (10 km)
Fortlet - Torwood Camp (10 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Ladyward Roman Fort (11 km)
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96)