OS Map 1980-1 Survey of the Antonine Wall
Date 1980
Event ID 569111
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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NS 7246 7622 to NS 7300 7629 The published course (OS 25 inch 1958) was resurveyed. The rock-cut Ditch often no more than 4m to 5m wide is evident at the base of the cliff-line, and an Outer Mound, emphasising the natural scarp, is discernible. The Rampart is extant for c. 200m as a spread mound c. 6.5m broad and 0.8m high. W of the cliff-line the Ditch only is extant, assuming its normal width of about 12m, before fading near the quarry. This section is under Scottish Development Department (Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments) Guardianship.
Information from OS 1980
