Mertoun Bridge Temporary Camps (St. Boswells)
Marching or Temporary Camp
Saint Boswells Camp 1
OS National Grid Reference: NT605317
Dimensions: c.850 x 650 ft (c.260 x 200 m)
Area: c.12¾ acres (c.5.1 ha)
Description: The longer dimension of this camp is aligned north-east to south-west. It was discovered on A.P.’s taken in the early-1960’s when its entire outline was either established or conjectured.
Saint Boswells Camp 2
OS National Grid Reference: NT604316
Dimensions: 1,800 x 1,300 ft (c.550 x 400 m)
Area: 53¾ acres (21.7 ha)
Description: This camp was discovered in 1968. The smaller camp lies in its northern corner and re-uses two of its sides within its own defensive circuit, and is the earlier of the two encampments.
These two camps lie in a wide loop of the River Tweed just north-east of St. Boswells.
References for St Boswells Camps
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1961-64 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lv (1965) p.78;
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.107
Map References for St Boswells Camps
NGRef: NT6031 OSMap: LR74
Roman Roads near St Boswells Camps
Dere Street: NW (3) to Newstead (Newstead, Borders) Dere Street: SE (8) to Cappvck (Borders)
Sites near Mertoun Bridge Temporary Camps (St. Boswells)
- Maxton Camp (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead Temporary Camp 4 (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead (Trimontium) Temporary Camps 1, 2 and 3 (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead Temporary Camp 5 (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead (Trimontium) Amphitheatre (4 km)
Amphitheatre - Newstead (Trimontium) Roman Fort (5 km)
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) - Drygrange Temporary Camp (5 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Eildon Hill (5 km)
Iron Age Hillfort and Signal Station - Milrighall Temporary Camp (8 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Kedslie Temporary Camp (10 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp