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New Frontiers: The Roman Fort at Doune and its Possible Significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

G. S. Maxwell
G. S. Maxwell
Affiliation:
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Edinburgh
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The summer of 1983 was remarkable in certain parts of North Britain for the severity of the drought which developed during the months of July and August, all the more so because it was unexpected. The weather had been far from settled, even in early June, and among those engaged in aerial reconnaissance praesumpta illius anni quies. By the end of the season, however, flying in central and eastern Scotland, south of the Highland Line, had met with unparalleled success in terms of the quality and quantity of archaeological evidence recorded from the air. Considerable interest attaches to the identification of no fewer than three Roman forts, all of which appear to be of Flavian date (see below, p. 275), but one of them, the newly discovered work at Doune, appears to possess a special significance which justifies the presentation of this early report.

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Britannia , Volume 15 , November 1984 , pp. 217 - 223
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Copyright © G. S. Maxwell 1984. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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