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Remains of a Roman camp of the 120 acre class (Severan). The camp at Muiryfold was first recorded from the air in 1959, lying to the east of Keith, north of the River Isla close to the Pass of Grange, and about 2.5 km east of Auchinhove. It is situated on land that slopes gently from Gallow Hill to the north west to the Burn of Braco to the south east, a tributary of the River Isla. It lies in a series of improved pasture and arable fields surrounding the farm of Muiryfold, and no trace is visible on the ground. It is not quite rectangular in form, measuring about 784 m from north west to south east by 522 m transversely and encloses just over 41 hectares. Entrance gaps protected by tituli are visible in the centre of the south east side and at two points in the south west side, suggesting that the camps had six gates. St Joseph excavated two small trenches in 1959, in the north west and south east sides, and he recorded that the ditch measured up to 3.3 m in width and 1.3 m in depth. A trapezoidal dressed stone, 400 mm x 300 mm x 130 mm thick with flat bottomed hole 170 mm diameter and 30 mm deep cut in one face has been found on the site. It was ploughed up by the farmer and reported to Ian Keillar.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Moray
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NJ45SE0002 - MUIRYFOLD, GRANGE