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Border - Crawford - Inveresk (?), Jardine Hall Mains
Roman Road (Roman)
Site Name Border - Crawford - Inveresk (?), Jardine Hall Mains
Classification Roman Road (Roman)
Canmore ID 81293
Site Number NY18NW 30.01
NGR NY 1076 8785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81293
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Applegarth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY18NW 30.01 1076 8785
A previous attempt at locating the course of the Roman road at Jardine Hall Mains (NY 1072 8793) had been unsuccessful and a second attempt was made involving two machine-cut trenches. AT NY 1076 8785, a lens of whiteish grey sandy silt was identified which contained a patch of charcoal. This lens was 3m wide and from 0.1m to 0.2m thick and was obviously an intrusive element in the soil. As such, it may represent the last traces of the Roman road.
The Roman road excavated at Fall Kneesend (NS91NE 63) was well-preserved consisting of many elements: a major one being a layer of whiteish grey ashy silt underlying other layers. The lens noted at Jardine Hall was in improved pasture and was overlaid directly by the ploughsoil, so it should be no surprise that no trace of a cobbled surface or other layers could be found.
M P Robins 1993.
