Cappuck
A small Roman fort which guarded the point where Dere Street crossed the Oxnam Water, 19 km SE of Newstead (q.v.). There are no surface remains, but excavation has shown that in the first two periods of occupation (ca. A.D. 80-100) it measured 87 by 65.4 m overall (0.68 ha). In the third period (ca. A.D. 140-155) it measured 90.9 by 78 m (0.72 ha), but finally (ca. A.D. 158-180) it was reduced to 78 by 75.6 m (0.6 ha). The only internal buildings identified were those of the 2d c. occupation, comprising a small granary, a bath house, and a courtyard building resembling a praetorium, all on one side of the central street, with partial remains of barracks on the other. An inscribed tablet records work done here by Legio XX.
BIBLIOGRAPHYProc. Soc. Ant. Scotland 46 (1912) 446-83; 85 (1951) 138-45.
K. A. STEER