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Dalswinton - Glenlochar
Roman Road (Roman)(Possible)
Site Name Dalswinton - Glenlochar
Classification Roman Road (Roman)(Possible)
Canmore ID 73288
Site Number NX76SW 29
NGR NX 73 64
NGR Description NX 7455 6499 to NX 7345 6470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/73288
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Crossmichael
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX76SW 29 7455 6499 to 7345 6470. RX 14.
See also NX76SW 2.
The main road from the E skirts the defences of the annexe on the N side of the Antonine fort at Glenlochar, and heads for the area NX 734 646 where the original Flavian fort is supposed to lie. Large portions of it are obscured by the gardens of Glenlochar House.
Information from Dr J K St Joseph to Ordnance Survey, 1949; I A Richmond and J K St Joseph 1953.
The course of the road is traceable as a slight raised mound, c. 10m wide in places from NX 7347 6470 to NX 7388 6481. No other traces could be found, either to NE, or SW, towards Gatehouse of Fleet.
Visited by OS (RD), 31 August 1968.
There is no obvious course of the alleged Roman road to Glenlochar. No trace of the road was found on the ground or on aerial photographs.
Visited by OS (JP), 20 March 1975.
The alleged Roman road may have entered the Roman fort (NX76SW 2) at Glenlochar at its N annexe.
(Undated) information from RCAHMS.
Scheduled (with NX76SW 2-6, 23 and 24) as 'Glenlochar, Roman fort, annexe, road, camps and barrows 50m E of Montford....'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 March 2011.
