Dunning is a Roman temporary marching camp of Flavian date, located in Strathearn at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Perthshire. It is one of a series of camps along the line of the Gask Ridge frontier system, likely associated with Agricola's campaigns into Caledonia in the late 70s–early 80s AD, and probably served to accommodate troops on the move rather than as a permanent garrison post.
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The camp forms part of the dense cluster of Flavian military installations in Strathearn linked to the Gask Ridge — arguably the earliest fortified Roman land frontier in the empire — and contributes to our understanding of troop movements and logistics during the conquest of northern Britain.
The camp is known primarily from aerial photography, which has revealed cropmarks of its ditched perimeter and characteristic features such as titulum or clavicula gateways typical of Flavian camp design; no substantial excavation has been published, so its internal arrangements, precise size, and exact dating remain poorly characterised.
Dunning is a Roman temporary marching camp of Flavian date, located in Strathearn at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Perthshire. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a military camp site from the Roman period in Britain.
Dunning camp is classified as a Roman military camp — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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