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notes, the summit of tlie Camp is 900 feet above sea-level, and 

 appears at a distance, or when seen from below, to be a flat 

 expanse, but in reality it is composed of three different crests 

 running from N.E. to S.W. British camps were undoubtedly 

 there, and the remains of one, measuring 150 feet by 100, may 

 still be traced. The Great Camp, which is on the south eastern 

 slope of Burnswark Hill, measures 750 feet in length and 375 in 

 width, while Gordon mentions tliat it is 834 feet by 492 feet. 

 It is surrounded by a single ditch and parapet, except at the 

 northern angle. Five gateways are still apparent, and Mr 

 Lennox thinks that a sixth existed. On the north eastern ram- 

 part, 1 60 feet from the north corner, was the Porta Praetoria, 45 

 feet in width. Opposite to this entrance was the Porta Deciimara, 

 on the south-western aspect of the Camp, and of the same size. 

 In the north-west line of the rampart there were three gateways, 

 equi-distant from each other ; the outer ones measured 40 feet, 

 and the central one 60 feet in widtli, and each was guarded by a 

 tumulus about 40 feet distant. Tlie Roman Camp on the N.W. 

 slope of the hill is not so well preserved, and according to Mr 

 Lennox "it is rectangular in shape, and measures 792 feet from 

 north-east to south-west, and 268 feet from soutli-east to north- 

 west. The south-eastern parapet faces the ascent of the hill. It 

 is not a straight line, dipping as it does somewhat inwards so as to 

 form a wide angle a third of the way from the south corner. At 

 this inflection there is a gate 30 feet in width, protected by an 

 oval-shaped tumulus and ditch. The north-east rampart consists 

 of stone and earth, and is broken 113 feet from the north corner 

 by a doorway 30 feet wide. Gordon estimates that this Camp 

 would hold 2700 foot or 1000 horse. . . It is not impossible 

 that the north-west Camp at least, if not both encampments, 

 were first formed by those who took part in Agricola's second 

 summer expedition, and that subsequently tliey were occupied 

 and altered by the troops fighting in the time of Hadrian. The 

 position was, in short, not a temporary one, but was frequently 

 employed as a basis of operations." 



Mr Johnstone pointed out at the principal Camp an excellent 

 spring, which would be sufficient to supply the wants of the 

 Roman soldiers. He stated that shortly after that property had 

 been acquired by Mr Jardine, M.P., a quern was found in the 

 Camp. It was carried to Castlemilk, where it now lies, 

 and is a very perfect specimen of the kind. Tlie Pre.sident 



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