Milnquarter Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
The rounded east angle and attached 230 ft. lengths of both the north-east and south-east sides of this camp were observed on aerial photographs taken in the early-1950’s, and the remaining ditches traced in adjacent fields by probing. The area thus defined measures 540 ft. NW-SE, by 440 ft. NE-SW. The embankment of the Bonnybridge Branch Railway line cuts the camp’s defences in half.
This camp lies about ¼-mile to the south of the Antonine Wall, just east of the Antonine fortlet at Seabegs (NS8179). There is another marching camp nearby at Dalnair (NS8179).
References for Milnquarter Camp
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1951-5 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xlv (1955) p.86;
- Britannia xxvii (1996) p.400.
Map References for Milnquarter Camp
NGRef: NS8279 OSMap: LR65
OS National Grid Reference: NS826793
Dimensions: 540 x 440 ft (165 x 134 m)
Area: c.5½ acres (c.2.2 ha)
Roman Roads near Milnquarter Camp
None identified
Sites near Milnquarter Camp
- Seabegs Wood Roman Fortlet (1 km)
Antonine Wall Fortlet, Fortlet and Marching or Temporary Camp - Dalnair Temporary Camp (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Bogton Temporary Camp (3 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Tamfourhill Camp (3 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Lochlands Temporary Camp 2 (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Watling Lodge (4 km)
Fortlet - Castlecary Roman Fort (4 km)
Antonine Wall Fort - Lochlands Temporary Camp 1 (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Camelon Roman Fort (4 km)
Gask Ridge Signal Station - Garnhall Temporary Camp 1 (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp