04-29-2008, 12:33 PM
I have to agree Duncan these two camps at the Tipalt Burn gap are unusual, they may well have functioned along with the pre Wall fort of Magna on the other side of this gap. Infact they can't realy be considered as marching camps at all, they are more of a permanent policeing nature at this vunerable point on the Stanegate Frontier. I think it would be a very interesting subject for Welfare and Swan to take up, for I'm sure that a bit more searching may prove that this system was more widely used than we think at vunerable places.
Brian Stobbs