Camp Hill, once thought to be the site of a Roman camp (Carham)
[NT 82503253] Camp Hill [T.I.] (1)
Traces of occupation remain on Camp Hill, though the outline of the camp is scarcely discernible. A vase, containing about 350 Roman silver coins, was ploughed up close to the top of the hill, on the south side in 1827. (2)
Listed as 'prehistoric contour fort'. (3)
The urn contained 600 Roman silver coins and was found in April 1826. They included coins of Julius Caesar, and Vespasian [Probably a more accurate account of the find than 2 above]. (4)
There are no apparent remains of an earthwork on Camp Hill, and MacLauchlan's 'outline of a camp' is caused by a combination of old field banks and plough headlands. The present whereabouts of the coins and urn is unknown. (5)
Traces of occupation remain on Camp Hill, though the outline of the camp is scarcely discernible. A vase, containing about 350 Roman silver coins, was ploughed up close to the top of the hill, on the south side in 1827. (2)
Listed as 'prehistoric contour fort'. (3)
The urn contained 600 Roman silver coins and was found in April 1826. They included coins of Julius Caesar, and Vespasian [Probably a more accurate account of the find than 2 above]. (4)
There are no apparent remains of an earthwork on Camp Hill, and MacLauchlan's 'outline of a camp' is caused by a combination of old field banks and plough headlands. The present whereabouts of the coins and urn is unknown. (5)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; E C Waight
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