Excavation

Date October 2007 - November 2007

Event ID 557677

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NS 8561 8171 Two weeks of excavation in October/November 2007 on the Lochlands Industrial Estate in advance of the construction of a new warehouse and associated hardstandings found two parallel N/S ditches of a Roman camp running side by side. Both were V-shaped in section, the E one with a basal slot and an upper fill composed largely of decayed turf, probably derived from the rampart. A three-chambered oven sharing a

common stokehole and several superficial areas of burning were also found. Traces of the drip trench for a round house and possible postholes from a second were recorded. Finally, the whole area was covered by late rig and furrow aligned W/E.

Archive deposited with Falkirk Museum.

Funder: LPS Contracts Ltd, Falkirk Museum, Falkirk Local History Society, Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society.