Hello,
Just a quick question on the layout of marching camps. I’m interested to know who would have been responsible for overseeing the construction of the camp, I understand that the size of the camp had to conform to the lay of the land and the numbers of men and animals that had to be quartered in the camp but how was the size of the camp measured. Was there a specific person tasked with the job of marking out the camp prior to construction. I’m always impressed by the straight lines and curves of these camps. Given that many of these camps were built in hostile environments and would have needed to have been built quickly, I’m guessing that every soldier would have been responsible for their own section of camp construction. In a nutshell, how did they keep the lines of the outer defences so straight and how was it done?
Many thanks.
Stug50
Just a quick question on the layout of marching camps. I’m interested to know who would have been responsible for overseeing the construction of the camp, I understand that the size of the camp had to conform to the lay of the land and the numbers of men and animals that had to be quartered in the camp but how was the size of the camp measured. Was there a specific person tasked with the job of marking out the camp prior to construction. I’m always impressed by the straight lines and curves of these camps. Given that many of these camps were built in hostile environments and would have needed to have been built quickly, I’m guessing that every soldier would have been responsible for their own section of camp construction. In a nutshell, how did they keep the lines of the outer defences so straight and how was it done?
Many thanks.
Stug50
Dave..Stug50