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Wessex Archaeology 
Drumlanrig Roman Fort Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries & Galloway 
 Archaeological Evaluation & Assessment of the Results
September 2005 
Ref: 55755.01
 
DRUMLANRIG ROMAN FORT,DRUMLANRIG CASTLE, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATIONAND ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
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Wessex ArchaeologyReport reference: 55755September 2005
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DRUMLANRIG ROMAN FORT,DRUMLANRIG CASTLE, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATIONAND ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTSContents
Summary AcknowledgementsGlossary of Roman terms
1 Introduction.........................................................................................................1
1.1 Description of the site..................................................................................11.2 Archaeological and historical background...................................................1
2 Methods................................................................................................................2
2.1 Introduction..................................................................................................22.2 Aims and objectives.....................................................................................22.3 Fieldwork methodology...............................................................................3
3 Results...................................................................................................................4
3.1 Introduction..................................................................................................43.2 Geophysical survey......................................................................................43.3 Evaluation trenches......................................................................................4
4 Finds....................................................................................................................14
4.2 Pottery........................................................................................................144.3 Ceramic building material and fired clay...................................................144.4 Stone...........................................................................................................154.5 Metalwork..................................................................................................154.6 Other finds..................................................................................................154.7 Potential for further analysis......................................................................15
5 Palaeoenvironmental evidence.........................................................................16
5.2 Charred plant remains and charcoal...........................................................16
6 Discussion...........................................................................................................187 Recommendations..............................................................................................208 Archive................................................................................................................21References....................................................................................................................22Table 1
.Finds totals by material type and trench
Table 2
. Assessment of the charred plant remains and charcoal
Figure 1
.Site location
Figure 2
. Geophysical survey plot and trench locations, with schematic layout of generic Roman fort
Figure 3
. Trench 1
Figure 4
. Trench 5
Figure 5
. Trenches 6 and 7
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