Lurg Moor is a small Roman fortlet situated on high moorland above the south bank of the Clyde, near Greenock in Inverclyde. It dates to the Antonine occupation of southern Scotland (c. AD 140–160s) and measures roughly 25 by 23 metres internally within a turf rampart and ditch, sufficient for a garrison of perhaps 30–40 men.
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The fortlet lies beyond the western terminus of the Antonine Wall at Old Kilpatrick and is widely interpreted as part of an outpost system monitoring the Firth of Clyde, likely linked southwards toward another fortlet at Outerwards. Together these sites suggest Roman concern with controlling coastal approaches and native movement on the Clyde's southern shore.
The site survives as visible earthworks — a sub-rectangular platform with rampart, ditch, and a single entrance on the north — but has not been subjected to modern open-area excavation, and dating rests largely on morphology and analogy with comparable Antonine fortlets such as Outerwards. Surface survey has identified the enclosure clearly, but no significant artefact assemblage has been published.
Lurg Moor is a small Roman fortlet situated on high moorland above the south bank of the Clyde, near Greenock in Inverclyde. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
Lurg Moor is classified as a Roman fortlet — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Whitemoss Roman auxiliary fort (12.4 km), Barochan Hill (12.9 km), Old Kilpatrick (17.1 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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