Bankhead Camp 2

Marching or Temporary Camps

This camp is square in outline and has almost its entire perimeter recorded. There is a gateway with traverse set at a re-entrant angle in the centre of the northern defences; it is unclear whether the other gateways were similarly located and defended.

References for Bankhead Camps

  • Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) p.41.

Map References for Bankhead Camps

NGRef: NS9844 OSMap: LR72

OS National Grid Reference: NS9845
Dimensions: c.1,150 x 1,150 ft (c.350 x 350 m)
Area: c.30ΒΌ acres (c.12.3 ha)

Roman Roads near Bankhead Camps

None identified