Ayr, Belmont
Road (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ayr, Belmont
Classification Road (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 75432
Site Number NS31NW 39
NGR NS 34 19
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31NW 39 34 19
In the field below the fort (NS31NW 24: at NS 348 198) there are traces of a road running E-W, which has been artificially terraced into the hillside at one point. Trial excavations over a distance of some 20yds revealed the presence of a compact layer of metalling some 2ft below ground level.
R G Livens 1956.
No traces. Area now built-up.
Visited by OS (JRL) 24 September 1980.