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Little Clyde is a Roman camp situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Gala Group wacke of Telychian age, the same coarse sedimentary bedrock that forms much of the Southern Uplands in this region. The camp is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2745.
Roman camps in Scotland were temporary or semi-permanent installations built during the military campaigns of the first and second centuries AD. They served as bases for troops advancing through territory beyond the empire's settled frontier. Their characteristic plan—a playing-card rectangle with rounded corners and defended gateways—reflected standardised military engineering practices that allowed rapid construction and recognisable layouts across the vastness of the empire.
The Little Clyde camp's location in Lanarkshire places it within the network of Roman military sites that extended along the frontier zone between the Solway and the Forth. The underlying wacke bedrock would have presented challenges for siege works and rampart construction, requiring soldiers to adapt their standard building techniques to local geology. The site's preservation as a scheduled monument recognises its value in understanding Roman military operations and strategy in northern Britain.
Little Clyde,Roman camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2745. View the official record →
Little Clyde is a Roman camp situated in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2745.
Little Clyde,Roman camp dates from the roman period, and is classified as a roman camp. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Little Clyde,Roman camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM2745.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nap Hill, Roman signal station 900m SE of Little Clyde (0.8 km), Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde,Roman road (2 km), Crookedstane,platform settlement 200m E of (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Little Clyde,Roman camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Little Clyde,Roman camp stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.