Black Hill Roman Camps
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Black Hill Roman Camps are two Roman camps that are part of an extensive complex of Roman military sites centred around the fort at
Ardoch, Perth and Kinross Ardoch is a community in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, the largest population of which is in the village of Braco, west-southwest of Perth. Geography Over Ardoch and the Mill of Ardoch are the eponymous settlements which refer to the south-w ...
, Scotland. They were built during the re-conquest of Scotland by the emperor
Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa (Roman province), Africa. As a young man he advanced thro ...
.Black Hill Roman Camps
Historic Environment Scotland Historic Environment Scotland (HES) ( gd, Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment. HES was formed in 2015 from the mer ...
The camp is about north of the
Ardoch Roman Fort Ardoch Roman Fort is an archaeological site just outside the village of Braco in Perthshire, Scotland, about south of Crieff. At Ardoch are the remains of a Roman fort and several marching camps which included a signal tower. Part of the Rom ...
in Braco.


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