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notes, the summit of the 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 8.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 that 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, 160 feet from the north corner, was the Porta Praetoria, 45 
feet in width. Opposite to this entrance was the Porta Decumara, 
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 width, and each was guarded by a 
tumulus about 40 feet distant. The 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 south-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 they 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 Onshtentilk: where it now lies, 
and is a very perfect specimen of the kind. The President 
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