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Antonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet

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Fortlet (Roman)

Site Name Antonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet

Classification Fortlet (Roman)

Canmore ID 45895

Site Number NS77NW 29

NGR NS 7323 7646

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45895

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General oblique aerial view centred on the course of the Antonine Wall and the quarry with the site of the Roman fortlet adjacent, taken from the WSW.
General oblique aerial view centred on the course of the Antonine Wall and the quarry with the site of the Roman fortlet adjacent, taken from the WSW.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Croy Roman Wall ViewsCroy Roman Wall ViewsCroy Roman Wall ViewsCroy Roman Wall ViewsCroy Roman Wall ViewsAerial viewAerial viewAntonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet, NS77NW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, VersoGeneral oblique aerial view centred on the course of the Antonine Wall and the quarry with the site of the Roman fortlet adjacent, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view.Aerial viewMap 21 of 39 from Series V. Maps of the Antonine Wall and its known features at a scale of 1:5000 showing the scheduled areas and the proposed World Heritage Site. Maps were prepared for the nomination document to propose the extension of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site through the addition of the Antonine Wall.Croy Roman Wall ViewsCroy Roman Wall ViewsOblique aerial view.Map 5 of 8 from IV.I 1-8 - Series 1: Maps of the Antonine Wall at a scale of 1:25000 showing the proposed World Heritage Site, known forts and fortlets, camps, other features and the buffer zones. Maps were prepared for the nomination document to propose the extension of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site through the addition of the Antonine Wall.Map showing the Antonine Wall, the World Heritage Site area, the areas of the World Heritage Site in public ownership or care, the Buffer Zone and the Council boundaries. Created for the World Heritage Site nomination - Management plan.Croy Roman Wall ViewsAntonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet, NS77NW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoAntonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet, NS77NW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoAerial viewOblique aerial view.Aerial viewCroy Roman Wall ViewsOblique aerial view.Antonine Wall 1:25000 broadsheet map Antonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet, NS77NW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoAntonine Wall, Croy Hill Roman Fortlet, NS77NW 29, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 2, RectoMap 5 of 8 from IV.2 1-8 - Series 2: Maps of the Antonine Wall at a scale of 1:25000 showing the proposed World Heritage Site, known forts and fortlets, camps, other features and the buffer zones. Maps were prepared for the nomination document to propose the extension of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site through the addition of the Antonine Wall.

Administrative Areas

  • Council North Lanarkshire
  • Parish Cumbernauld
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS77NW 29 7323 7646.

(NS 7323 7646) Excavations in 1977/78 in the vicinity of Croy Hill Fort (see NS77NW 10) revealed a fortlet c.80m west of the fort on a small rectangular plateau.

Rectangular, with the Antonine Wall forming its north boundary, it measured internally 22m N-S by 18.5m E-W within a 2.7m wide turf-cheeked and cobble based rampart. A rock-cut surrounding ditch 3.5m wide by 1.1m deep was on the west side. The rampart, which was separated from the ditch by an 8.0m wide berm, was slighted around the south side, but was shown to be of one build with the Antonine Wall.

W S Hanson 1978; 1979; R Goodburn 1978

There is no surface evidence of the fortlet on the level, grass-covered plateau although the outline of the back- filled excavation trenches (3) can still be discerned.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (MJF) 23 May 1980

Listed.

RCAHMS 1982

The internal measurements of this fortlet were c.18.5m from E to W and c.22m from S to N. A turf rampart with stone base plus a ditch, contemporaneous with the Antonine Wall, provided its defence. The peculiarity of the route followed by the ditch and the off-centre position of the S gate seem to have been the result of uninterrupted rock lying immediately below the surface.

Anne S Robertson/lawrence Keppie 2001.

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Trial Trench (1977 - 1978)

(NS 7323 7646) Excavations in 1977/78 in the vicinity of Croy Hill Fort (see NS77NW 10) revealed a fortlet c.80m west of the fort on a small rectangular plateau.

Rectangular, with the Antonine Wall forming its north boundary, it measured internally 22m N-S by 18.5m E-W within a 2.7m wide turf-cheeked and cobble based rampart. A rock-cut surrounding ditch 3.5m wide by 1.1m deep was on the west side. The rampart, which was separated from the ditch by an 8.0m wide berm, was slighted around the south side, but was shown to be of one build with the Antonine Wall.

W S Hanson 1978; 1979; R Goodburn 1978

The internal measurements of this fortlet were c.18.5m from E to W and c.22m from S to N. A turf rampart with stone base plus a ditch, contemporaneous with the Antonine Wall, provided its defence. The peculiarity of the route followed by the ditch and the off-centre position of the S gate seem to have been the result of uninterrupted rock lying immediately below the surface.

Anne S Robertson/lawrence Keppie 2001.

Further Details

Field Visit (23 May 1980)

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Revision Programme

There is no surface evidence of the fortlet on the level, grass-covered plateau although the outline of the back- filled excavation trenches (3) can still be discerned.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (MJF) 23 May 1980

Further Details

Note (1982)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District and Strathkelvin District

Croy Hill, Fortlet NS 732 764 NS77NW 9

Situated on a shoulder 80m SW of, and 10m above, the fort on Croy Hill (NS77NW 10), there is a fortlet abutting the S side of the Antonine Wall. Excavation in 1975-8 showed that it measured about 22m by 18.5m within a rampart whose foundations were of one build with those of the Antonine curtain. The structure thus belonged to the earliest phase of the frontier and may therefore have been superseded by the adjacent fort.

RCAHMS 1982

(Hanson and Keppie 1978, 93-4)

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Aerial Photography (1984)

1984 RCAHMS Aerial Survey

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Aerial Photography (4 March 1997)

1997 RCAHMS Aerial Survey

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Aerial Photography (8 September 2006)

2006 RCAHMS Aerial Survey

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Publication Account (2008)

Antonine Wall - preparation of maps for the World Heritage Site nomination document

A 1:25000 scale map of the Antonine Wall was published by RCAHMS in 2008. The map shows the course of the Antonine Wall on a modern map base, including areas where the Wall is in public ownership or care and can be visited. The data had been collated as part of the project to prepare maps for the World Heritage Site nomination bid.

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