Strageath Cottage Temporary Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
Strageath Camp lies 1,550 feet from the fort at Strageath, on the opposite (?) bank of the River Earn. The east side of the camp has not yet been firmly established but crop-marks seem to indicate that it may have lay about 1,540 ft (470 m) from the west side.
There is another temporary camp nearby at Dornock (NN8719), and two more at Innerpeffray (NN9118).
References for Strageath Camp
- Air Reconnaissance of Roman Scotland 1939-75 by J.K. St. Joseph in G.A.J. iv (1976);
- Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987)pp.35/6.
Map References for Strageath Camp
NGRef: NN8918 OSMap: LR58
OS National Grid Reference: NN891181
Dimensions: c.1,540 x 950 ft (c.470 x 290 m)
Area: c.33½3 acres (c.25.5 ha?)
Roman Roads near Strageath Camp
None identified
Sites near Strageath Cottage Temporary Camp
- Strageath Fort (1 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station - Dornock Temporary Camp (1 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Innerpeffray West Temporary Camp (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Innerpeffray East Temporary Camp (Parkneuk Cottage) (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Westerton Watch Tower (4 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station - Raith Signal Station (4 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station - Ardunie (6 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station - Kaims Castle (6 km)
Fortlet - Roundlaw Signal Station (7 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station - Shielhill South Roman Watchtower (8 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station