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Earth Resistance Survey
Date 24 March 2012 - 25 March 2012
Event ID 993452
Category Recording
Type Earth Resistance Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/993452
NT 05020 59250 A ground resistance survey was carried out 24–25 March 2012 over the fort platform and defences of Castle Greg Roman fortlet. The site is located in Camilty Forest and has been dated to the 1st century AD on the basis of the incurved ‘parrot’s beak’ ditch terminal at the E gate. Excavations in 1830 and 1851 found coins, a well and the stone base of a flagstaff.
The survey clearly recorded the lines of the rampart, double ditches and upcast and revealed some internal anomalies, including internal roadways and high resistance ‘blobs’ which may be ovens built into the inner part of the rampart. Additional interpretation of the results identified a continuation of ditch lines, which might be associated with a possible annex, and this may be the subject of further survey.
Archive: RCAHMS, West Lothian Council Local History Library and WoSAS
Funder: Historic Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland and Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society
Ian Hawkins, Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society
Donald Matthews,
2012
