Geophysical Survey

Date 12 May 2013 - 14 May 2013

Event ID 993784

Category Recording

Type Geophysical Survey

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/993784

NY 21900 75180 The survey carried out in 2012 to the W of the extant fort was continued, 12–14 May 2013, northwards across a 1.8ha area. The major NW–SE road running through the earlier fort discovered in 2012 (and clearly visible in aerial photographs) extends for c80m stopping abruptly where it meets a large but amorphous-shaped feature (also visible on the aerial photograph). The only other likely Roman feature in this field is a segment of ditch belonging to Birrens Camp III. The remaining numerous anomalies, most of them linear, are probably related to post-medieval agricultural activity. The survey was carried out collaboratively between University of Glasgow and volunteers of the Discovering Dumfries and Galloway’s Past project.

Funder: Mouswald Trust and Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society

Richard Jones, University of Glasgow, 2013

(Source: DES)