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Test Pit Survey

Date March 2000

Event ID 1032685

Category Recording

Type Test Pit Survey

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1032685

At NS 8525 7974 and at NS 8525 7976 In March 2000, four test-pits, each 4sq m in area, were excavated in woodland to the S of the Antonine Wall and to the N of Bonnyhill Road. Test-pit 2 and 4 were archaeologically sterile or disturbed. Test-pit 3 lay roughly 40m S of the Rampart. Its excavation revealed a stone-layer and extended across the entire test-pit. Test-pit 1 revealed a discontinuous spread of stones of similar size and form to those in Test-pit 3. However, the feature is too ephemeral to relate to the rampart base of an unknown mile fortlet, that has been proposed for this area (Keppie and Walker 1981).

J W Gooder 2002

A Dunwell, G Bailey, A Leslie, A Smith 2002; L J F Keppie and JJ Walker 1981.

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