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Latitude: 55.8601 / 55°51'36"N
Longitude: -4.827 / 4°49'37"W
OS Eastings: 223167
OS Northings: 666607
OS Grid: NS231666
Mapcode National: GBR 32.3V08
Mapcode Global: WH2MN.TYLY
Entry Name: Outerwards,Roman fortlet
Scheduled Date: 14 May 1986
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4377
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Roman: fortlet
Location: Largs
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: North Coast and Cumbraes
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument consists of an upstanding remains of a small Roman fortlet measuring 50m across rampart, ditch and upcast mound. It contains the remains of two stone buildings and dates to the mid 2nd century AD. The monument overlooks the Clyde estuary and is approaches. This is one of the few visible fortlets in Scotland and a part of the important frontier complex, the Antonine Wall.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is nationally important because of its field characteristics, rarity as a visible fortlet and contribution to our understanding of Roman control over the W flank of the Antonine Wall.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS record the site as NS 36 NW 2.
References:
Newall F 1976, 'The Roman Signal Fortlet at Outerwards, Ayrshire', Glasgow Arch J, 4, 111-123.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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