Birrens Temporary Camp
Marching or Temporary Camp
Birrens Temporary Camp is one of a small cluster of camps at Birrens and Broadlea, close to the Roman fort at Birrens, on fairly level ground in a landscape dominated by Burnswark hill to the northwest.
There are no surface indications of Birrens Temporary Camp, which is situated on relatively flat ground above the haugh (a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, forming part of the floor of the river valley) of the Mein Water.
References for Birrens Camps
- Air Reconnaissance of North Britain by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. xli (1951) pp.57/8;
- Britannia xxviii (1997) p.410/11 & fig.8.
Map References for Birrens Camps
NGRef: NY2174 OSMap: LR85
Roman Roads near Birrens Camps
None identified
Sites near Birrens Temporary Camp
- Blatobulgium (Birrens) Vicus (1 km)
Vicus - Birrens (Blatobulgium) Roman Fort (1 km)
Antonine Auxiliary Fort (AD 138–161) - Broadlea Temporary Camp 2 (1 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Broadlea Temporary Camp 1 (1 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Middlebie Hill Temporary Camp (2 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Burnswark Training Camp 1 (5 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp and Practice Work - Burnswark Training Camp 2 (6 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp and Practice Work - Annan Hill Camp (10 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Annanfoot Camp (11 km)
Marching or Temporary Camp - Fairholm (12 km)
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