Site type UNIDENTIFIED POTTERY (ROMAN)
Canmore ID 49138
Site Number NT07NE 21
NGR NT 054 799
Council FALKIRK
Parish BO'NESS AND CARRIDEN
Former Region CENTRAL
Former District FALKIRK
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NT07NE 21 054 799.

NT 054 799. From aerial photographs, there appears to be a (Roman) fort between St Ninians Road and the Forth, facing W. Nothing is visible on the ground but coarse Roman pottery was found near the Black Burn (W side) at NT 055 797.
E J Price 1977

Finds from Blackness, and many other places, donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Price, are listed under the general heading of Roman and other material.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1981

This fort was suggested from aerial photographs between St Ninians Road and the Forth at the east end of Blackness village. There is nothing visible on the ground
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 19th February 1996.

Notes and Activities

19 February 1996

REFERENCE

Project The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Border of Fife

Notes This fort was suggested from aerial photographs between St Ninians Road and the Forth at the east end of Blackness village. There is nothing visible on the ground
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 19th February 1996.

Further details

Books and References

PSAS (1981) 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.110
Page(s): 535

Price, E J (1977c) 'Blackness', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 37

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