OS Map 1980-1 Survey of the Antonine Wall

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Date 1980 - 1980

Event ID 575986

Category Project

Type Project

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Fieldwork and desk-based assessment undertaken by the Ordnance Survey at Basic Mapping Scales (1:1250 (urban) and 1:2500 (rural)) along the route of the Antonine Wall as part of a systematic map revision programme.

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
546320	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	As stated, there are no surface remains of either the fort or W annexe, the former lying mainly within an undulating arable field and the annexe area being entirely built over. Above AP's and 1979 RCAHMS AP's, as yet uncatalogued, show cropmarks of the fort, excavated enclosure (centred at NS 9206 7939) and amorphous linear marks of a possibly extensive civilian settlement in area NS 920 794. [...]	26 April 1980
557524	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	No change to report of OS (DS 1957). The recent exposures of the fortlet wall have been back filled, but a surrounding protection fence remains. There are no known plans for Clydebank District Council to permanently display or mark the site (information from D Breeze, Historic Scotland, December 1980). [...]	19 December 1980
550437	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	There are no coherent traces of the settlement in a pasture field of gentle and amorphous undulations. No finds were made, and its full extent could not be estimated. The field to the S (centred NT 927 805), under fresh plough, showed no surface trace of occupation. [...]	25 February 1980

OS Map 1980-1 Survey of the Antonine Wall

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