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Remains of a World War II camp, associated with the Dallachy airfield (NJ36SE0051) to the north, and alleged site of Roman camp. The remains of a Roman camp were noted at the end of the 18th century, but the lack of mention of defended entrances tells against this being a Roman camp, as does its size. Stuart (1852) records the ditch having been cleared out before 1852 when only a few armlets and stone beads were found. From the description, these are not Roman in date. Aerial photographs in 1943 revealed a 'rounded corner' southwest of the published site and what may have been pits and a road leading eastward. OS in 1971 found no trace of a Roman camp. Soil resistivity survey and trial trenches by I. Keillar (in the late 1970s or early 1980s) had showed a shallow ditch no more than 0.76 m (2ft 6in) deep and 1.52 m (5ft) wide close to present surface, but nothing was found to prove it was Roman. More recent aerial photography shows the remains of hut bases and emergency stone shelters of the World War II accommodation quarters site. A contemporary plan of the airfield shows that the camp consisted of Officers and Sergeants quarters, barrack huts ablutions, latrines and other buildings. Nine blast shelters are shown on the OS 1969 1:2500 map.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Moray
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NJ36SE0003 - ROMANCAMP GATE