Roman fortlet along Antonine Wall discovered

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An artist's impression of a Roman fortlet at a different location along the Antonine Wall

A suspected Roman fortlet has been discovered along the Antonine Wall in Scotland:

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In its prime, it would have been occupied by 10 to 12 Roman soldiers who were stationed at a larger fort nearby, likely to be Duntocher. They would have manned the fort for a week at a time before being replaced by another detachment.

The fortlet would have been made up of two small wooden buildings to house the soldiers staying there and will have been used for the 20 years (AD142 - AD162) that the Antonine Wall was defended as the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire.

After employing gradiometry, a geophysical surveying technique which looks under the soil without the need for excavation, the discovery was made.

The technique measures small changes in the earth's magnetic field to detect archaeological features otherwise invisible from the ground surface.

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65309762

 

 

Clydebank, Scotland, site of recent discovery along Antonine Wall

Edited April 18, 2023 by guy