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Does anyone have any information about this camp on the banks of the River Stinchar several miles inland from Ballantrae. There is also a small camp high up on the hill between Colmonell and Ballantrae.
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PS Could ask the #JAFRA crew when any of their characters are going there ?
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Village: Colmonell, Girvan Post Code: KA26 0SA. Google Coords: 55.132309, -4.913924.
The earth walls are clearly visible and it is marked on OS maps.
Anyway - for troops wanting a sea supply on their way to build the Antonine wall it would have been ace ...
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The place is 100% correct.
Unfortunately the OS map [hard copy] is down in Colmonell and I am in Glasgow.
The hill called Knockdolian has a smaller peak, and in the saddle between the main hill is apparently another smaller camp at: 55.124329, -4.956735. This seems to be called Duniewick Fort [from the on line version of OS Maps which doesn't show the Colmonell Fort]. I have been going there for several years and the locals are quite adamant that there is a roman marching camp there. The farmer who rents the land from the church was NOT allowed to put in land drains because of it.
The defensive ditch and wall mound are several feet from top to toe.
Maybe it is all local lore gone mad ????
But there are several castles around so it has been a defensive area for millennia.
Richard