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NW oblique aerial view of Antonine Wall at Croy Hill Roman Fort.
SC 337340
Description NW oblique aerial view of Antonine Wall at Croy Hill Roman Fort.
Date 4/3/1997
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 337340
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 86190 CS
Scope and Content Fort on the Antonine Wall at Croy Hill The Antonine Wall stretched from the Clyde in the W to the Forth in the E. The Wall was a linear boundary designed to cut off access to southern Scotland. There were about 17 forts along its length with fortlets and signal posts between. This is an aerial view of the fort. Much of the ditch which surrounds the fort has been cut into rock. This proved too hard to do to the NNE. There is a steep slope to the W, and the ditch follows it round. Excavations in the 19th century uncovered the location of the fort's headquarters building. Also found were inscribed stones showing that a detachment from the Sixth Legion occupied the area for a while. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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