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March Burn to Little Clyde Roman road and fortlet is a Roman military installation in Lanarkshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument. The site lies upon bedrock of the Gala Group, formed during the Telychian period as wacke—a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock that would have presented substantial challenges to Roman engineers constructing roads and fortifications across the landscape.
The road segment connecting March Burn to Little Clyde Roman camp formed part of the military supply network serving the fort at Little Clyde, one of several Roman installations established during the campaigns in Caledonia. The fortlet represents a smaller defensive position typical of Roman road-building operations in northern Britain, designed to protect supply lines and facilitate communication between major camps.
The monument survives as upstanding earthworks and subsurface remains across the difficult terrain of upland Lanarkshire. Its presence reflects the Roman Army's systematic approach to territorial consolidation, requiring substantial labour and engineering skill to maintain reliable logistics through unfamiliar and mountainous country. The site remains an important archaeological record of Roman military activity in Scotland, scheduled for long-term protection.
Roman road and fortlet, March Burn to Little Clyde Roman camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3348. View the official record →
March Burn to Little Clyde Roman road and fortlet is a Roman military installation in Lanarkshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3348.
Roman road and fortlet, March Burn to Little Clyde Roman camp dates from the roman period, and is classified as a march burn to little clyde roman camp. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Roman road and fortlet, March Burn to Little Clyde Roman camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3348.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nap Hill, Roman signal station 900m SE of Little Clyde (2 km), White Type-March Burn,Roman road (3.8 km), White Type,Roman signal station (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Roman road and fortlet, March Burn to Little Clyde Roman camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roman road and fortlet, March Burn to Little Clyde Roman camp stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.