Soulseat Loch - Kirminnoch

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Quarry Pit(S) (Roman), Roman Road (Roman)

Site Name Soulseat Loch - Kirminnoch

Classification Quarry Pit(S) (Roman), Roman Road (Roman)

Canmore ID 80686

Site Number NX15NW 75.02

NGR NX 11115 58724

NGR Description From NX 10346 59094 to NX 12354 58415

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80686

Digital Images

DP 163393

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the quarry pits along the Roman road at Round Plantation, looking NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

4/8/2013

DP 163394

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the quarry pits along the Roman road at Round Plantation, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

4/8/2013

DP 279631

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

14/7/2018

SC 1754827

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1984

SC 1754832

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1984

SC 1754978

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754995

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1754997

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1755007

Soulseat Loch-Kirminnoch, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, showing the cropmarks of a roman road and relating quarry pits.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/6/1995

DP 279638

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

14/7/2018

SC 1754968

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754980

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1017315

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the quarry pits and the enclosures, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/8/2005

SC 1754828

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1984

SC 1754830

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1984

SC 1754962

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754967

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754975

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754979

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754998

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1755000

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1755085

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the quarry pits and the enclosures, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/8/2005

SC 1755086

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the quarry pits and the enclosures, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/8/2005

DP 193994

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure and field boundary, looking SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

25/7/2014

SC 1754976

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1755006

Soulseat Loch-Kirminnoch, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, showing the cropmarks of a roman road and relating quarry pits.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/6/1995

DP 090127

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the quarry pits along the Roman Road near Round Plantation with the cropmarks of the palisade in the foreground, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

25/6/2010

SC 1754831

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1984

SC 1754977

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754996

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1754999

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1993

SC 1755084

Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the quarry pits and the enclosures, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/8/2005

DP 393635

View of the hollow way from the NW

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Historic Environment Scotland

22/3/2022

DP 393636

View of the hollow way from the NW

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Historic Environment Scotland

22/3/2022

DP 090128

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the palisaded enclosure and pits with the quarry pits along the Roman Road near Round Plantation in the background, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

25/6/2010

DP 193995

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure and field boundary, looking SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

25/7/2014

DP 279639

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

14/7/2018

SC 1754965

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754966

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1755008

Soulseat Loch-Kirminnoch, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, showing the cropmarks of a roman road and relating quarry pits.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/6/1995

SC 1755009

Soulseat Loch-Kirminnoch, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, showing the cropmarks of a roman road and relating quarry pits.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/6/1995

SC 1755092

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1978

DP 090129

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the quarry pits along the Roman Road, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

25/6/2010

SC 1754829

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1984

SC 1754964

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754981

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754991

Select enlargement of vertical air photograph - Fairey 7813 1.730 Taken on 12 July 1978. (AP Library number B773)

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1978

SC 1755093

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1978

DP 393637

View of the hollow way from the SE

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Historic Environment Scotland

22/3/2022

DP 193992

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure and field boundary, looking WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

25/7/2014

DP 279632

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

14/7/2018

SC 1754969

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754970

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1754982

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1992

SC 1755091

Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1978

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Administrative Areas

Council Dumfries And Galloway
Parish Inch
Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
Former District Wigtown
Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

NX15NW 75.02 from 1035 5910 to 1230 5845. RR 8.

Formerly RX 23.

(See NX15NW 75.00 and NX15NE 70.00)

The Roman road is visible as quarry pits in RCAHMS oblique aerial photographs, S of the Old Military Road.

Information from RCAHMS (SW) 23 July 2003.

Activities

Aerial Photographic Transcription (8 April 1994 - 6 June 1994)

Aerial Photographic Transcriptions

An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.

Aerial Photographic Transcription (25 November 2011 - 7 December 2011)

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (3 December 2021)

HES Rhins and New Luce Project

Quarry pits flanking the Roman Road have been recorded as cropmarking on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1978; 1984, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2005), extending 2.2km W from the modern road at Kirminnoch Cottage (NX 12356 58424) to a point (NX 10356 59090) on the NE side of Soulseat Loch. Four separate sections have been recorded as roughly parallel rows of quarry pits. Three sections follow an ESE to WNW trajectory, with the westernmost section turning to the NW as it passes the loch.

Information from HES Archaeological Survey (K. Millican) 3 December 2021.

Aerial Photographic Transcription (8 November 2021)

HES Rhins and New Luce Project

An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 8 November 2021.

Field Visit (22 March 2022)

HES Rhins and New Luce Project

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.

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