Angus HER - NO43NW0023 - GAGIE

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Primary ReferenceNO43NW0023
NameGAGIE
NRHE Card No.NO43NW23
NRHE Numlink 33366
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Crop Mark (Includes Soil Mark)
Site Condition AP visible Only
Details Cropmarks of a Roman camp. At Gagie, two straight lengths of ditch, forming the east and south sides of a Roman camp, together with the rounded angle between them, were observed on a level shelf commanding extensive views during aerial reconnaissance by CUCAP in 1973. No trace of this Roman camp can be seen above ground. The western side is probably delineated by a steep west-facing slope while the northern part of the camp lay, in 1973, within a plantation of recently felled firs. The east side, is visible for 88.39m and the south side for 167.64m, almost to the steep slope, suggests an area of 5 to 10 acres. A trial section dug by St Joseph revealed a small ditch 1.44m wide and 0.71m deep. A visit by the OS in 1975 discovered no trace of the camp visible on the ground. A thin cropmark trace is visible on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1947 by the RAF. This shows a line on the north and west and a rounded corner between. The line is uneven on the north side and may possibly represent an annexe for the camp or represent part of the previously unrecorded northern and western sides of the camp. CUCAP aerial photographs taken in 1979 show a distinct linear cropmark running c.E-W in the southern field.
Last Update29/08/2012
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Excavations and Surveys

Date MDate YTypeDurationDirector / OrganisationAuspicesFundExtent
41975  JPOS  
 1973  J K St JOSEPH   

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CROPMARKS AP VISIBLEC100
CAMPSTEMPORARYROMANA100
DITCHES  B100