MORAY

(1) Duffus (NJ 17 68): a lump of at least four denarii corroded together represents all or part of a hoard.Footnote ¹ Their current condition prevents close identification.

PERTH AND KINROSS

(1) Easter Balgedie (NO 17 03): an unusual copper-alloy terret found by metal-detectingFootnote ² is a hybrid of a simple Romano-British terret with rectangular attachment loop and an Iron Age knobbed terret (fig. 1).

FIG. 1.

Easter Balgedie: copper-alloy terret.

(2) Kindrochet (NN 72 23): an unusual copper-alloy vessel mount found by metal-detectingFootnote ³ comprises a heavily worn, damaged anthropomorphic escutcheon from a basin with remains of a hooked fastening to take a ring.Footnote ⁴ The rather stylised squashed spherical head is probably male, its facial features very worn.

FIFE

(1) Lindores (NO 27 17): 14 denarii from a scattered hoard,Footnote ⁵ spanning Trajan to Geta (a.d. 203–08).

FALKIRK

(1) Stenhousemuir, South Bellsdyke (NS 90 84): a Birdlip-type copper-alloy brooch found by metal-detecting is a most unusual item for Scotland as its production significantly predates the Flavian invasion (fig. 2).Footnote ⁶

FIG. 2.

Stenhousemuir: Birdlip-type copper-alloy brooch.

FALKIRK

(1) Laurieston, 72 Grahamsdyke Street (NS 9135 7953): a trench across the Wall located the stone base, 4.6 m wide, with a superstructure of laid turf blocks flanked by earthen cheeks. A defensive pit lay on the berm, while a slot on the southern side suggests a lean-to building. Micromorphological samples were taken to characterise the turf and building processes.Footnote ⁷

RENFREWSHIRE

(1) Bishopton (NS 41 72): a scattered hoard of 15 denarii of Trajan and Hadrian, the latest of a.d. 136, was recovered from the vicinity of the Roman fort.Footnote ⁸

EAST LOTHIAN

(1) Newcraighall (NT 329 711): evaluation and topsoil stripping revealed a stretch of ditch likely to represent the south-western corner of a previously unknown temporary camp. Multiple sections revealed a V-shaped profile, typically 2.6 m wide and 1.4 m deep, some with a basal ‘ankle-breaker’ slot (fig. 3).Footnote ⁹

FIG. 3.

Newcraighall: temporary camp.