Blainslie Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
Blainslie Camp 1
OS National Grid Reference: NT552442
Dimensions: c.1,700 x 1,200 ft (c.518 x 366 m)
Area: c.46¾ acres (c.18.8 ha)
Description: Reported by Prof. St. Joseph in 1965, enough of this camp remains for a reasonable estimate of its original dimensions to be made. There is a centrally-placed gateway in the south side, but the position of the north side is unknown.
South Blainslie Camp 2
OS National Grid Reference: NT545427
Dimensions: ? ft. (? m)
Area: c.1¼ acres (c.0.5 ha)
Description: This possible Roman enclosure was photographed from the air in 1986. It measures no larger than 1¼ acres.
References for Blainslie Camp
- Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1969-72 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lxiii (1973) p.216;
- Air Reconnaissance in Roman Britain 1977-1984 by G.S. Maxwell & D.R. Wilson in Britannia xviii (1987) p.38;
- Britannia xviii (1987) p.315.
Map References for Blainslie Camp
NGRef: NT5544 OSMap: LR73
Roman Roads near Blainslie Camp
SSE (2) to Kedslie
Sites near Blainslie Camp
- St. Leonards Hill Temporary Camp (1 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Kedslie Temporary Camp (4 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Drygrange Temporary Camp (9 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead (Trimontium) Amphitheatre (10 km)
Amphitheatre - Newstead (Trimontium) Roman Fort (10 km)
Flavian Auxiliary Fort (AD 69–96) - Newstead Temporary Camp 4 (11 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead (Trimontium) Temporary Camps 1, 2 and 3 (11 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Newstead Temporary Camp 5 (11 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Eildon Hill (11 km)
Iron Age Hillfort and Signal Station - Oxton Roman Fort (12 km)
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