Some excavations on the line of the Antonine Wall, 1994-2001

The long term (Holocene) channel and floodplain dynamics of a low gradient, low energy, fine grained aggradational fluvial system within a formerly glaciated landscape in central Scotland, the Kelvin Valley, are described from a series of sediment stratigraphic transects and 12 14C assays in a headwater reach between Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth. The 14C assays and dated archaeological sites on the floodplain together suggest that the River Kelvin ceased to aggrade more than 2000 years ago, probably much more, so the 4–6 m of channel and floodplain deposits are almost entirely of early to mid-Holocene age. The Kelvin Valley is characterized,despite its low flow characteristics, by a highly variable floodplain architecture, in which some transects suggest long term channel stability and strong partitioning of floodplain sedimentation and others indicate high channel mobility. This variation makes the application of general models of fluvial evolution difficult

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The chronology and long term dynamics of a low energy river system: the Kelvin Valley, central Scotland

Tipping

Jones

Carter

et al. 2007

Earth Surf Processes Landf

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The Early Medieval Antonine Wall

Maldonado¹

2015

Britannia

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Archaeological fieldwork in the Forth-Clyde isthmus has been dominated by the World Heritage Monument of the Antonine Wall, the Roman frontier built in the second century a.d. Considerably less attention has been given to the evidence for post-Roman experience of the Wall and how it was remembered (and forgotten) in the subsequent centuries. This paper will briefly summarise historical notices of the Antonine Wall, then consider the archaeological and toponymic evidence for early medieval occupation. The role of the Forth-Clyde isthmus as a political frontier is shown to be less significant to our understanding of this period than the evidence for mobility, memory and the contested legacy of Rome in early medieval Scotland.

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Some excavations on the line of the Antonine Wall, 1994-2001

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The chronology and long term dynamics of a low energy river system: the Kelvin Valley, central Scotland

The chronology and long term dynamics of a low energy river system: the Kelvin Valley, central Scotland

The Early Medieval Antonine Wall

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