Archaeology Notes

Event ID 833886

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS57SE 42.05 from 5500 7192 to c. 5909 7194

NS 5500 7192 to NS 5550 7213 Modern road is on the line of the Military Way (Macdonald 1934).

NS 5500 7192 to NS 5530 7200 Boclair Road is probably on the line of the Military Way.

NS 5565 7239 Excavation by Mr. Graham showed conduits to run not only beneath the Wall, but also under the Military Way (Horsley 1732).

NS 5670 7243 to NS 5700 7257 There is no trace of the Military Way (Horsley 1732).

NS 5782 7213 The Military Way is visible at Summerston (Horsley 1732).

NS 5804 7171 and NS 5820 7166 Details of the Ditch line and Military Way were found during excavations of Balmuidy fort in 1912-14 (see NS57SE 12) (Miller 1922).

NS 5830 7168 to NS c.5909 7194 The Military Way is visible for half a mile E from Balmuidy; two or three chains from the Ditch and parallel with it (Horsley 1732).

Information from OS 1980

Horsley 1732; G Macdonald 1934; S N Miller 1922

In dredging the R. Kelvin N of Balmuildy fort (NS57SE 12) a number of stone blocks were recovered, some with dove-tail cramp-holes. These derived from the stone piers of the bridge carrying the Military Way; other stones together with wooden beams were similarly recovered in 1942.

S S Frere 1983.