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Ground Penetrating Radar

Date July 2007

Event ID 1158356

Category Recording

Type Ground Penetrating Radar

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1158356

NS 6775 7493 The magnetic survey carried out in July 2007 extended the work previously carried out (see DES 2006) in the large field W of the fort, giving an overall coverage of 5.5ha. The course of the ditch was followed across the full extent of the field. Survey N of the ditch towards the River Kelvin revealed nothing that could be clearly regarded as Roman; in particular, in the area excavated in advance of the sewer pipe line (Dunwell et al PSAS 2002, 13) little evidence was found for the presence there of Roman period ditches. The most interesting location was the c100m W from the fort's western ditches. Work now continues in two directions, first in distinguishing features of Roman origin

from those of later date among the plethora of features detected in this area. Second, the rich GPR data set from the same area is being interpreted; the subsurface plans obtained at different depths appear most promising and should be informative.

Archive location not yet decided.

Funder: EU Culture 2000: Frontiers of the Roman Empire project.

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