Salvage Record

Date April 1985

Event ID 571032

Category Recording

Type Salvage Record

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NS 793 783 A stretch of 17m of the stone base of the Antonine Wall was cleared, prior to housebuilding. The base proved to have been considerably damaged over the years, especially by two sewer pipes running along its length. Both kerbs had been robbed away. The base was crossed by a culvert, of which four capstones remained in situ. The turf superstructure survived to a height of 0.25m. Some 50 fragments of Roman pottery, from at least three vessels in Black-burnished I fabric, were recovered. The S edge of the Antonine ditch was located at a distance of c.6.5m from the base. Wall and ditch lay on the alignment shown on current OS maps. A bungalow now stands on the site.

L J F Keppie and J J Walker 1985.