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Excavation
Date 1 June 1994 - 30 June 1994
Event ID 568335
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/568335
The excavation of two trenches within a housebuilding plot was undertaken by GUARD in June 1994. The work was carried out where the proposed building work overlay the line of the Antonine Wall. The trenches revealed sections of the wall base, berm and ditch of the wall. A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Mr & Mrs Docherty and Strathclyde Regional Council.
J A Atkinson 1994; NMRS MS/725/78.
Three trenches were excavated by GUARD in December 1994 in advance of proposed development. Sections of the Antonine Wall base were revealed.
