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OS Map 1980-1 Survey of the Antonine Wall
Date 1980
Event ID 559782
Category Recording
Type Aerial Photographic Interpretation
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NS 5983 7214 to NS 6000 7218 The published course (OS 25 inch 1968) was resurveyed. No trace of the Wall was visible across disused quarry. Apparent inconsistencies with the text concerning NS 5996 7216 (Robertson 1966) compared with the scaled plan (see NS67SW 45.00 : NS 6000 7218 to NS 6026 7228 for details) are further complicated by an edge comparison error on published plans on the current edition of the OS 1:2500 map sheets (NS 5972 and NS 6072). Thus the text (Robertson 1966), stating that the OS published line was proved, is misleading.
The new line was independently assessed from extant detail on the 1st edition OS 2 and a half inch map, CUCAP aerial photographs 28Q and 29Q, RCAHMS aerial photograph LA 1417(1976), and RAF vertical aerial photograph (F21/ 58/ 1453, frame no 0422, 1956). A slight alignment change has been deduced at point NS 5983 7214.
Information from OS 1980
