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A Roman camp near Girvan, Ayrshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

J. K. St Joseph
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Committee for Aerial Photography, University of Cambridge

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Britannia , Volume 9 , November 1978 , pp. 397 - 401
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Copyright © Professor J. K. St Joseph 1978. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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page 400 note 1. The sherd which forms the subject of this note is in the samian reserve collections of the Bristol City Museum, Reg. No. F 1800, and is published here by kind permission of David Dawson, Curator of Archaeology and History, City Museum, Bristol.

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page 401 note 1. The observation of the site on 27 July 1976 was by J. K. St Joseph (photos. CAN 22-24), the photography on 8 August 1977 was by D. R. Wilson (CEM 48-50): on both occasions the pilot was A. G. Douglass. The excavation on 1 October 1977 was undertaken by J. K. St Joseph and C D. St Joseph. Mr J. W. Young of Girvan Mains kindly gave permission for work on his land.

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