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Little White Hill

Road (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Little White Hill

Classification Road (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 84459

Site Number NS47NW 22

NGR NS 42 75

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Dunbartonshire
  • Parish Dumbarton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS47NW 22 42 75

Between Dumbowie Hill and Loch Bowie, a terraced track proceeds NNW, NS424 753. N of Garshake Reservoir, a raised track, now inclined NNE, proceeds to the SW end of Black Wood. These stretches were noted from above.

From the NE end of Black Wood the following systems were traced on the ground:

From the NE end of Black Wood, NS 430 775, a terrraced, metalled, in places raised, road runs to the NW terrace of Little White Hill, NS 439 782. In stream section is seen a heavily metalled surface road, single stratum of large cobbles, overlying a mound of red clay surfaced with rammed gravel in darker grey clay.

At Little White Hill, the upper road continues NE along the W flank of Meikle White Hill, as a precisely engineered road, exactly 10.6m wide between heavy block kerbs, and with one small pillar mile marker, inscribed 3, still in position. This is possibly an 18th-century estate road.The underlying mound deflects to NNE. Just S of the Black Burn Ford, NS441 787 it is partly used and crossed by mineral tracks to nearby lime kilns NS47NW 21. Just N of the ford it is followed by a hollow way and entered by a mineral track, the entire complex being 16.46m wide, with 6.48m wide causeway partly reduced by 8.5m wide hollow way and mineral track.

Beyond, towards the first of two crossings of the Gallangad Burn headstream, the entire system is trampled by droving, and the primary cambered mound has hollow ways running along both sides, and occasionally crossing it, or running along the centre.

The above road system was taken forward NNE towards the main Gallangad Burn. The burn is crossed just above the gorge by a sharp deflection NE and an immediate return NW on the opposite bank. In stream section the road mound is of clay without upper metal, resting on a single cobbled course 7.32m wide. In minor stream section to S small metal tops the clay mound. For other stretches of this road, see NS47SW 49 and NS48SE 14. Recorded during Roman road survey.

N Holt et al.1974; F Newall and D McKinnon 1980.

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