Wilderness East
Enclosure (Roman)
Site Name Wilderness East
Classification Enclosure (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Wilderness Plantation
Canmore ID 45261
Site Number NS67SW 29
NGR NS 60059 72182
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45261
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Cadder (Strathkelvin-du)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS67SW 29 60059 72182
(NS 60059 72182) The crop mark of a sub rectangular, ditched, enclosure, abutting the south side of the Antonine Wall, is visible on St Joseph (CUCAP) and RAF air photographs (CUCAP, 29 Q; RAK, CPE/Scot/UK/276: 5151-2).
Totally destroyed by quarrying operations in the 1960's, this is one of a group of three identified in the same sector of the Wall; (see also NS57SE 19 and NS57SE 21 )
Visited by OS (J L D) 9 October 1966.
The site is now part of a disused quarry pit.
Visited by OS (J R L) 29 April 1981.
Field Visit (9 October 1966)
Totally destroyed by quarrying operations in the 1960's, this is one of a group of three identified in the same sector of the Wall; (see also NS57SE 19 and 21)
Visited by OS (J L D) 9 October 1966.
Field Visit (29 April 1981)
The site is now part of a disused quarry pit.
Visited by OS (J R L) 29 April 1981.
Note (1982)
Wilderness Plantation, Enclosures NS 592 719, 595 720, 600 721 NS57SW NS67SW
In the sector of the Antonine Wall N of Wilderness Plantation three sub-rectangular enclosures abutting the S face of the Rampart have been identified from cropmarks. The eastermost, situated 260m E of the Wilderness Plantation fortlet (NS57SE 11), has been destroyed; the other two lie 285m and 580m respectively W of the fortlet. They appear to have been almost identical in size, and excavation of the central one shows that it measured about 6m square within a bank with external ditch, and belonged to the primary phase of the Wall. Its purpose is uncertain, but it is unlikely to have been a turret or beacon-stance.
RCAHMS 1982
(RCAHMS 1978, pp. 113, 159, No. 247; DES, 1980, 82.)
Publication Account (2008)
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.
