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Fall Kneesend
Roman Road (Roman)
Site Name Fall Kneesend
Classification Roman Road (Roman)
Canmore ID 76984
Site Number NS91NE 63
NGR NS 9795 1613
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76984
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS91NE 63 9795 1613
Formerly RR 7f.
See also NY18NW 30.01.
As part of the excavations at Fall Kneesend by GUARD, a section of scheduled suspected Roman road was investigated. The surface of the road survived under a shallow formation of turf. The road was made up from grey clay, overlain by a black organic layer, covered by a dump of sand and large stones. There was a ditch running along the upslope, northerly side of the road, which had been recut once.
A quarry pit nearby was excavated. It would appear that the material for the road construction had been derived from a series of such pits along the road line, some of which are visible as hollows in the field.
Sponsors: funded by Scottish Office Roads Directorate and managed by Historic Scotland.
J Downes 1993.
Excavation (1997)
NS 9800 1615 Continuing from excavation carried out in 1993, a total of four potential cairns were noted. One cairn was excavated by hand and a fragment of a jet/shale bead was retrieved. No dating evidence was recovered. All other cairns were sectioned by machine, drawn and photographed.
In addition, the Roman road was found to follow the previously plotted route. Numerous sections were cut by machine through the Roman road and recorded. No finds or dating material were recovered. Where the Roman road merged with the present farm road, it appeared to have been destroyed. This was substantiated further to the E where no evidence of the Roman road was discovered on either side of the modern farm road.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
J S Duncan and S Halliday 1997
Watching Brief (6 November 2006 - 7 November 2006)
NS 9891 1589 A watching brief, were undertaken on 6-7 November 2006 in relation to alterations to an existing 11000 volt electricity overhead line and underground service cable. The archaeological watching brief was within the boundaries of the scheduled ancient monument of Bodsberry Hill to Little Clyde Roman Road (NS91NE 63). No archaeological features or deposits were located.
Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Report deposited with WoSAS, RCAHMS and Historic Scotland.
Funder: Scottish Power.
