Roman Road, Bearsden

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Roman Road, Bearsden by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.

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Roman Road, Bearsden

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 3 Jul 2015

The subject is as in Image, but the view is in the opposite direction. The road follows the line of the ancient Military Way, which ran parallel to, and to the south of, the rampart of the Antonine Wall. From about 20 metres to about 120 metres ahead, the ground on either side of the road was formerly the site of Bearsden Roman Fort. As for the part of the road from which the picture was taken, the ground on either side was formerly the eastern annexe of that fort. The annexe contained a bath-house (Image), whose remains are just a few metres to the right (north) of the photographer's position: http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/13721

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