Sections of a 2,000-year-old Roman wall guide keep been revealed during operate to install a novel H2O top dog inward the Borders.
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| A department of Roman wall uncovered at Newstead [Credit: The Southern Reporter] |
Trimontium takes its refer from the Eildon Hills, that beingness Latin for the identify of the 3 hills.
The 370-acre site was occupied past times the Romans on in addition to off from 80AD to 211AD in addition to was identify to a fort in addition to upward to 4 settlements surrounding it.
The Roman stones were uncovered past times the Midlothian-based AOC Archaeology Group during operate to lay 4 in addition to a one-half miles of H2O top dog betwixt Newstead in addition to Earlston.
The £4m project, beingness carried out past times Scottish Water partner the Caledonia Water Alliance to amend drinking H2O quality, got nether agency inward March in addition to is expected to accept some 8 months to complete.
Project managing director Barclay Smart said: “Given the pregnant Roman history inward Newstead, nosotros secured the services of AOC Archaeology Group to supervise the get-go phases of the project.
“During the initial excavations of the site, nosotros were fascinated to discovery parts of Roman wall dating from some 80AD. These wall sections were within a Roman site comprising at to the lowest degree 4 temporary camps.
“In guild to save the walls in addition to to adhere to Scottish planning policy in addition to Historic Environment Scotland rules, nosotros guide keep constructed a 5m-wide-by-1.6km-long rock haul route to allow mechanism access to the site without disturbing in addition to damaging the archæology underneath.”
Donald Gordon, secretarial assistant of Melrose’s Trimontium Museum Trust, said: “The uncovering of the Roman walls within the slap-up camps complex during this projection is pregnant equally Trimontium was a vast settlement.
“The fort itself was started inward the get-go century AD nether the governor of Britannia, Julius Agricola. At its height, it housed some 1,500 soldiers in addition to comprised the fort in addition to the 4 settlements surrounding it, which would guide keep included dwellings too equally baths, shops, including trades such equally drinking glass in addition to pottery-making, ironworking in addition to weaving.
"Indeed, the fort in addition to settlements were to a greater extent than populated in addition to hence than Newstead in addition to the surrounding areas are today. I’m really pleased that Scottish Water has protected the Roman walls for the side past times side 2,000 years to come.”
Trimontium in addition to its settlements were get-go excavated inward 1905, in addition to in that place guide keep been 3 major excavations since, starting inward 1947, 1989 in addition to 1996.
Finds made in that place include a collection of Roman armour said to live on the best of its kind, including the ornate Newstead Helmet, an Fe Roman cavalry helmet dating dorsum beyond 100AD in addition to known equally the Roman expression upward of Scotland.
Those finds are on display at the National Museum of Scotland inward Edinburgh illustrating the history of the Roman army’s describe of piece of employment of the due south of the country.
The Trimontium Trust, established inward 1988, is currently involved inward a £2m fundraising projection amongst the Heritage Lottery Fund to renovate in addition to extend its Melrose museum.
Author: Darin Hutson | Source: The Southern Reporter [June 26, 2018]
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