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The Roman camp at Auchinhove was first recorded from the air in 1949. The camp has been dated to the Flavian period, owing to the presence of a Stracathro-type gate in its east side. The camp lies in a series of arable fields to the south of the A95 from Banff to Keith. Parts of the three sides are known air photographs with a corner suggesting the position of the fourth, along the side of the road. There is an external clavicula and oblique traverse entrance on the east-southeast side. The camp measures some 337m from the north-northeast to south-southwest by 328 m transversely and encloses some 10.9 hectares. J. K. S. St Joseph conducted excavations on several occasions, recording that the ditch on the south-southeast side was small, measuring only 0.85 m in width and 0.7 m in depth. He also excavated three other trenches on the south-southeast side with slightly smaller dimensions and five further trenches across the south-southwest side to establish its location several years later. The position of the south side was established by 'digging'. The surface of the ploughed field very stony.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
Moray
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NJ45SE0004 - AUCHINHOVE