Balmakewan Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
OS National Grid Reference: NO665666
Dimensions: c.2,785 x c.1,875 ft (c.850 x c.570 m)
Area: 120 acres? (48.5 ha?)
Description: Discovered from the air in 1967 in Marykirk parish on the north bank of the River Esk near the confluence with the Lunan Water, this large, seemingly subrectangular camp is known from substantial lengths of three of its sides; there is a proven 2,185 ft. length of the NE side and a 1,400 ft. section of the SW, together with almost the entire NW side, that to the south-east remaining unlocated.
There are other camps in the “120-acre” series 14½ miles to the south-west at Oathlaw and 9 miles to the north-east at Kair House.
References for Balmakewan Camp
Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.112.Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.112. Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.112.Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1965-1968 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lix (1969) p.112.
Roman Roads near Balmakewan Camp
None identified
Sites near Balmakewan Camp
- Woodhead Camp (0)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Whittlebury Villa (0)
Villa - Wighton (0)
Possible Roman Camp - Willowford Temporary Camp (0)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Bury Hill (0)
Iron Age Hillfort and Settlement - Warham Camp (0)
Iron Age Hillfort - Water Eaton (Kinvaston) 1 Temporary Camp (0)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Wath (0)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Wall Marching Camp 1 (0)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Walton Temporary Camp 1 (0)
Marching or Temporary Camp