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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 736353
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/736353
NT15SW 36 1417 5263
A Roman encampment was reported near West Linton by Gordon.
A Gordon 1726
Trial excavation by G S Maxwell, following on from RCAHMS aerial survey, confirmed part of the perimeter of a fortlet guarding the crossing of the Lyne Water, immediately N of West Linton. Defended by two ditches on the SW and severely damaged by ploughing, the fortlet lies in permanent pasture on the W side of the Roman road from Clydesdale to the Forth, roughly half-way between Biggar and Elginhaugh. Topographical constraints suggest that the site measures no more than 70m square over the rampart.
L J F Keppie 1993
