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Excavation
Date April 1999
Event ID 571899
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/571899
At NS 8031 7886 and at NS 8047 7889 Due to the replacement of an existing sewer in April 1999, two trenches were dug for an archaeological assessment of the condition and extent of the remains of the Antonine Wall. In Trench 1, the uppermost Ditch fill was found to be 7.1m wide. No trace of any Rampart footings were unearthed, indicating the complete truncation of the Rampart in this area. However the presence of the Outer Mound was confirmed, albeit in a heavily denuded state. In Trench 2, the northern edge of the existing sewer trench was found to cut the Ditch fill, the exposed surface of which was found to be 7.75m wide (its width at the original Roman ground surface could not be measured in this case).
J W Gooder 2002
A Dunwell, G Bailey, A Leslie, A Smith 2002.
