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Trial Trench
Date 1995
Event ID 1032114
Category Recording
Type Trial Trench
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1032114
NS 8465 7985 A watching brief was conducted in the vicinity of Rough Castle Roman fort, during the erection of an electricity pylon. Four small trenches were excavated (2.0m by 0.50m) to facilitate the erection of the pylon. In addition, a watching brief was carried out when a c100m length of cable trench was excavated. This cable trench was close to the alignment of the Military Way, forming part of the Roman frontier works. During both monitoring operations, no archaeological features or deposits were located.
Sponsor: Scottish Power plc.
A Rees (CFA) 1995.
