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1980 RCAHMS Aerial Survey
Date 1 January 1980 - 31 December 1980
Event ID 550420
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/550420
Winter and spring sorties, covering snow-effect, shadow-sites and soil-markings (particularly in Eskdale, Tweeddale, Clydesdale and Lauderdale) produced good results. During the summer poor weather restricted flying mainly to SE Scotland. Although the returns were about only one-third of those of previous years, they included an apparent Dark Age cemetery at Inveresk and two new Roman camps just S of Turnhouse Airport. Successful results were also obtained from sorties devoted to architectural subjects. Ground-survey and excavation, as a follow-up to aerial survey, led to the discovery and location of Elginhaugh Roman fort, Dalkeith, and an adjacent length of Dere Street.
A catalogue of sites recorded in 1978 was published in January 1980 and preparation of the 1979 material is well advanced. Prints of sites recorded in previous seasons may be inspected in the National Monuments Record of Scotland.
RCAHMS (DES 1980, 44)
