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Battledykes is a Roman camp situated in Angus, Scotland, dating to the later second century AD and likely associated with the campaigns of Septimius Severus in northern Britain. The site preserves substantial earthwork defences consisting of a ditch and rampart system characteristic of Roman temporary marching camps, with the surviving remains indicating a rectangular fortified layout typical of Roman military engineering. Its location within the Tayside region places it within the network of installations that supported Roman military operations in Caledonia during the period of maximum Roman penetration into Scotland. The camp represents important archaeological evidence of Roman tactical infrastructure and the logistics of sustained military campaigns in this remote frontier zone.
Battledykes, Roman camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2308. View the official record →
Battledykes is a Roman camp situated in Angus, Scotland, dating to the later second century AD and likely associated with the campaigns of Septimius Severus in northern Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2308.
Battledykes, 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.
Battledykes, 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 SM2308.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackgate Smithy,stone circle (3.7 km), Myreside,henge,enclosure and barrows NW of (3.8 km), Rob's Reed, homestead 485m ESE of Home Farm (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Battledykes, 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.
Battledykes, Roman camp stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.