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OS Map 1980-1 Survey of the Antonine Wall
Date 1980
Event ID 568788
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/568788
NS 6879 7534 to NS 6900 7548 The published course (OS 25 inch 1968) was resurveyed. No evidence has been found to support Macdonald's (1934) conjectured 'dog-leg' course (as formerly published). It would seem that part of a natural land fold was followed, but the angle is impracticable for alignment sighting, and would not avoid the low marshy ground N of the Board Burn. Indeed, any projected course would have to cross this low ground. Pointers to the actual course are the old hollow way at NS 6900 7548, now carrying the modern road, but which must almost certainly be the remains of the Ditch line, and the sharp bend in the Board Burn at NS 6879 7534, typical of an obstruction detour. The straight between these points forms the most direct and efficient crossing of this difficult ground.
Information from OS 1980
