PERTH & KINROSS

(1) Easter Balgedie (NO 17 04): a copper-alloy crossbow brooch, intact bar the pin, was found by metal-detecting close to the former margins of Loch Leven (fig. 2) and may represent a deliberate deposit.Footnote ¹¹ Such brooches are rare in Scotland.

FIG. 2.

Crossbow brooch, Easter Balgedie, Perth and Kinross. (Drawn by Alan Braby)

EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE

(1) Bearsden, Boclair Road (NS 553 720): small-scale excavationsFootnote ¹² revealed a length of kerbed stone-built wall base perpendicular to the rear of the Wall. Two pottery sherds suggest a Roman date; it may represent a fortlet.Footnote ¹³

FALKIRK

(1) Mumrills: (a) 34 Polmont Road, Laurieston (NS 9161 7939): excavationFootnote ¹⁴ revealed the ditch of the Phase I Antonine fort on its anticipated line.Footnote ¹⁵ It was deliberately backfilled and the area occupied with cobble platforms for large buildings and a road when the Phase II annexe was constructed. (b) Birchwood, Laurieston (NS 9163 7942): landscaping had caused significant damage to this area of the annexe, but excavationFootnote ¹⁶ revealed surviving building remains associated with quantities of Roman pottery.

SCOTTISH BORDERS

(1) Newstead (Trimontium) (NT 570 344): a new magnetometer surveyFootnote ¹⁷ conducted over the fort and its environs revealed fresh details of the interior and south annexe.

(2) Berryhill (NT 72 35): a hollow-cast copper-alloy statuette of Minerva (in helmet and peplos)Footnote ¹⁸ was found by metal-detecting in an area of no known Roman activity (fig. 3).

FIG. 3.

Statuette of Minerva from Berryhill, Scottish Borders. (By courtesy of the Crown Office)

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY

(1) Broomholm (NY 3786 8145): geophysical survey over much of this fort siteFootnote ¹⁹ confirmed its complexity and revealed considerable internal details (fig. 4). The area normally interpreted as an annexeFootnote ²⁰ has a regular layout of buildings, suggesting it became part of the fort.Footnote ²¹

FIG. 4.

Magnetometer survey of Broomholm, overlaid on the fort plan. (By courtesy of Richard Jones)

(2) Dalswinton (NX 94 84): metal-detecting in the vicinity of the fort complex revealed four copper-alloy coins (an as of Vespasian, the others not identified) and nine denarii with a notably early bias: three of the late Republic, one of Marc Antony, three of Tiberius, one of Domitian, and one fragment.Footnote ²² A trumpet brooch was also found.

(3) Carzield (NX 9687 8180): geophysical surveyFootnote ²³ to north and east of the fort indicated an area of intense magnetic anomalies beyond the fort and annexe. Some strip-buildings seemingly overlie a sinuous enclosure line which contained most of the anomalies. The location of the bath-house to the north-east of the fort was suggested by surface finds of masonry and tile and supported in the geophysical results.