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Publication Account
Date 1985
Event ID 1016610
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016610
Preserved in the vestiges of Sea begs Wood there is a good stretch of the Wall which includes the bestsurviving section of the Military Way. The Wall was built just above a marked break in slope giving it the maximum military advantage and offering a clear view over the valley of the Bonny Water. The ditch is about 12m broad but for much of its length it is waterlogged and choked with vegetation. To the north, the upcast mound is clearly visible, and on the south the narrow berm between the inner lip of the ditch and the base of the Wall appears as a distinct terrace. The Wall itselfis comparatively well-preserved and still stands to a maximum height of 1.2m. The most interesting feature of this section of the Wall, however, is the Military Way which runs obliquely at the rear of the rampart and is separated from it by about 40m at the east end. It appears as a chambered mound, 7m wide and no more than 0.3m in height, and can be distinguished as a parch-mark in dry periods. Traces of its metalling and larger stone-bottoming can be seen exposed in the sides of recent drainage channels which have been cut through it.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: The Clyde Estuary and Central Region’, (1985).
