lanarkshire-1978/03_002

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This volume contains detailed
descriptions of all the known
prehistoric and Roman monuments in
the former county of Lanarkshire,
an area which has now been absorbed
within Strathclyde Region. Of
particular interest in the prehistoric
period are the numerous Bronze Age
burial-cairns and cists, the
extensive groups of small cairns and a
rich variety of Iron Age forts and
settlements. The Roman monuments
include a short stretch of the Antonine
Wall, six forts of widely differing
sizes, four fortlets, a watch-tower,
and not less than seventeen temporary
camps. Many monuments, known
only from the reports of early
antiquaries, were destroyed during the
course of the Industrial Revolution,
the full force of which was felt in
northern and western Lanarkshire; all
these reports are gathered together
here for the first time. A large number
of previously unrecorded earthworks,
long since levelled by cultivation,
have also been detected on air
photographs, some of which were
taken by the Commission during the
preparation of this volume. In all,
more than 350 monuments are
described in the text which is
illustrated by over 100 original survey
drawings and 63 photographs. A
concise account of the topography of
the area is included in an introduction
in which the various classes of
monument are discussed and set in
the wider context.

Jacket : detail from pl. ix of William Roy's
Military Antiquities of the Romans in North
Britain, showing Roman temporary camp,
Cleghorn.

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