OSMap: LR66
Type: Roman Fort, Minor Settlement, 3 Marching Camps.
Probable Road: SW (3½) to Elginhaugh (Lothian)
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NGRef: NT3472 OSMap: LR66 Type: Roman Fort, Minor Settlement, 3 Marching Camps. |
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Possible Road: W (10) to Cramond (Edinburgh, Lothian) Probable Road: SW (3½) to Elginhaugh (Lothian) | |
"At (Midlothian), traces of ancient fields have been recorded ½-mile south-east of the fort. They consist of small, rectangular enclosures, resembling Celtic fields, and are grouped around lanes or drove-roads. As now visible, the enclosures extend over 1,200 to 1,500 ft., and it may be supposed that they were part of a field-system contemporary with the Roman fort." (St. Joseph, 1951)
Three Latin inscriptions on stone have been recovered from the environs of Inveresk, two are recorded in the R.I.B. and another was reported in the Britannia journal. There are two altarstones or religious inscriptions dedicated by the same government official (vide infra), and a building-stone which reads simply CH VIIII "The Ninth Cohort" (RIB 2133).
| APOLLINI GRANNO Q LVSIVS SABINIANVS PROC AVG V S L V M |
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| "For Apollo Grannus, Quintus Lusius Sabinianus, overseer of the emperor, fulfils his vow freely, gladly and deservedly." (RIB 2132; altarstone) |
| ...Q LVSIVS SABINIANVS PROC AVG |
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| "[...] Quintus Lusius Sabinianus, the imperial procurator." (Britannia 1977.30) |
The stamps of six Antonine potters have been found on pottery recovered from Inveresk; there are two of Chresimus Form 18, and single examples of Avitus Form 18/31 or 31, Cracuna Form 33, Criciro Form 37, Geminus Form 33 and Quintilianus Form 31. The pottery record indicates that there was no Flavian-Trajanic occupation at Inveresk.
There are three temporary marching camps in the area, two just south of the fort at Inveresk (NT3471) and another one further south at Dalkeith (NT3469).
