Roman Fortlet (R) . For Roman road extending to S, see . The Roman fortlet on Lurg Moor, which was probably built in the mid-2nd century AD (R W Feachem 1952) was first observed on a National Survey air photograph in 1952. Measuring 160ft by 140ft overall, its E and W sides are well-preserved, the ramparts being 2 1/2ft high and the ditch 3 1/2ft deep. A causeway, about 15ft wide, runs S from the S gate for over 100yds (JRS 1953) (Newall gives the length as 1/4 mile, visible in part as a hollow way). The area W and S of the fortlet may have been an annexe; S of the fortlet and along the N side of the marsh is a line of heavy stones which may have formed part of a rampart. The remains of an earthen mound running N-S may mark the W limit of the annexe. About a dozen fragments of Antonine (A S Robertson 1966) pottery were found by Newall at NS 295 736, immediately SW of the fortlet. This pottery, and a fragment of glass also found by Newall, are in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. F Newall 1955; F Newall 1959. This Roman fortlet is generally as described by the previous authorities. It measures 52.0m E-W by 44.0, transversely, and has a broad, heather-covered rampart about 10.0m wide. This rampart is beat preserved on the E side where it has an internal height of 0.8m and an external height of 1.6m. Here the rock-cut outer ditch is also well-preserved, the scarp being 0.8m high. The causeway runs due S from the entrance in the S side of the fortlet, and can be easily traced for some 170.m, when it fades out on a rocky knoll above an area of boggy ground. It is about 5.0m in average width, and on places it has a distinct camber about 0.4m hight. It has been built with small stones but here and there use has been made of natural rock outcrops. There is insufficient evidence on the ground to support Newall's assertion that there was an annexe S and W of the fortlet. Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (WDJ), 4 November 1964. There is a central gateway on the N side of the fortlet, the causeway from the S passing through the fortlet, and proceeding for some distance down the steep slope to the N. F Newall 1976. Visible on Ordnance Survey large scale aerial photograph 88/041/018. Information from RCAHMS, 24 August 1995. Roman Fortlet [NAT] OS (GIS) MasterMap, March 2011. Scheduled [with length of Roman road extending to the S] as 'Lurg Moor, Roman fortlet and Roman road... situated on high ground above the town of Greenock [and] on the northern edge of Lurg Moor.' Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 March 2011. Loading...
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Roman Fortlet (R) . It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fortlet site from the Roman period in Britain.
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