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During the aerial
survey in 1990 five temporary camps, situated in the fields west
of Leányvár, were detected. The traces of their ditches were
visible in the cereals as the light colour lines of rectangular
shape with typically curved corners. They were protected only by a
single ditch and were placed close to each other. They were of
different sizes. The length was between 130-330 metres and their
width varied between 90-200 metres. The size therefore fluctuated
between 1 and 6,5 hectares. The short break of the ditches on all
four sides of the camps shows the situation of the entrances.
During the excavations, only 2-2,5 m wide and almost 2 m deep
V-shaped ditches were found. Those were dug precisely and
regularly, as if tracing a stencil. The infill of one of the
ditches contained a denar of the Emperor Commodus, issued for his
wife Crispina in years 178-180 AD. The situation of the camps
suggest that they were build and existed simultaneously. The coin
found dates them to the period of Marcomannic wars. It is highly
probable, that shortly before the withdrawal of the long lasting
war, the military units camped in these temporary camps on their
way to or from the territory of Quadi.
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