Oblique aerial view.
SC 1758923
Description Oblique aerial view.
Date 1984
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1758923
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 22775
Scope and Content Fort at Ward Law, Dumfries and Galloway This Roman temporary camp is at Ward Law, and is one of the best known examples of its kind. It was first recorded in 1772 by Pennant. It was excavated in 1939, and again in 1949-50. Part of the N rampart can still be seen. The whole outline of the fort can be seen in this image. The defensive ditch shows up as a bold, rectangular cropmark. Breaks, roughly in the centre of each side, mark the locations of the fort's four gates. Two of these were protected by titula. No finds were recovered during, though the causeway leading through the E gate was found. It was over 10 m wide and heavily cobbled. The rampart was thought to be about 5 m thick as was the rock-cut ditch which surrounds it. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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