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Torwood - Dalswinton - Crawford
Roman Road (Roman)
Site Name Torwood - Dalswinton - Crawford
Classification Roman Road (Roman)
Canmore ID 72111
Site Number NX89NE 80
NGR NX 86964 97777
NGR Description NX 881 950 to NX 874 999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72111
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Morton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89NE 80.00 881 950 to 874 999. RR 4
Formerly RR 77.
The course of this road has not been established with certainty between Dalswinton fort (NX98SW 10, at NX 933 848) and Durisdeer (NS 89 03). On this sheet it probably followed much the same line as the modern road (A 76) up the valley of the River Nith as far as Carronbridge (NX 869 979) then the A 702 to NE, following the valley of the Carron Water. (This route would take it close to temporary camps NX89NE 4, NX89NE 11, NX89NE 34. )
J K St Joseph 1952; I D Margary; RCAHMS 1978.
No trace of this road seen either on the ground or on available RAF air photographs.
Visited by OS (BS) April 1975.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (24 April 2012)
Watching Brief (29 July 2019)
A programme of archaeological monitoring works was undertaken on the 29th July 2019 in respect of works at Carronbridge near Thornhill in Dumfries & Galloway. The works comprised a project to upgrade the Penpont 11kV
Overhead Line.
A section of the works (poles 18; 19 & 20) required to be undertaken within an area recognised as being of national importance and designated as a Scheduled Monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act (1979) relating to Carronbridge Roman Fortlet and enclosures at Carronbridge (SM4093). The monument comprises the remains of a fortlet and enclosures which are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.
Archaeological works were required as there was potential to affect surviving sub-surface archaeological features or deposits of national significance and / or enable recovery of unstratified finds in previously disturbed ground. The archaeological works involved the monitoring of the
excavation of three pole pits (18; 19 & 20) and four stay wire pits (one for pole 18; one large pit for pole 19 and two pits for pole 20).
The excavations revealed very sterile pits which all contained fairly lose fills and no significant archaeological remains of finds were identified during the course of the monitoring works.
Information from OASIS ID - rebeccas1-397189 (R Shaw) 2019
