2010
NS2973 : Lurg Moor Roman fortlet
taken 15 years ago, 3 km from Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
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Lurg Moor Roman fortlet
See the end-note and NS2973 : Lurg Moor Roman fortlet for further details.
This is a view directly along the rampart on the southern side of the fortlet; the interior is to its right. As the photograph suggests, this structure was built on a slope, and its interior is not level.
The surrounding ditch is rather shallow on this side; part of it can be seen in this photograph (it enters the image about halfway up the left-hand edge). When examining the site in person, it can be seen that the ditch is interrupted about halfway along this southern side; this was where the entrance of the fortlet was located. A road (only very faint traces of which are now visible) ran due south from that entrance.
For some of the distant background details, see NS2973 : Lurg Moor Roman fortlet.
This is a view directly along the rampart on the southern side of the fortlet; the interior is to its right. As the photograph suggests, this structure was built on a slope, and its interior is not level.
The surrounding ditch is rather shallow on this side; part of it can be seen in this photograph (it enters the image about halfway up the left-hand edge). When examining the site in person, it can be seen that the ditch is interrupted about halfway along this southern side; this was where the entrance of the fortlet was located. A road (only very faint traces of which are now visible) ran due south from that entrance.
For some of the distant background details, see NS2973 : Lurg Moor Roman fortlet.
Lurg Moor Roman fortlet
This is one of three fortlets that were built south of the River Clyde to control the approaches to the western end of the Antonine Wall. See Link
(at Canmore) for archaeological details, and Link
for an annotated satellite image (zoom out for other nearby antiquities).