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A Semi-Elliptical, Timber-Framed Structure at Inveresk (The Most Northerly Amphitheatre in the Empire?)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Tim Neighbour
Tim Neighbour
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CFA Archaeology Ltd, Musselburgh, tneighbour@cfa-archaeology.co.uk
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Excavation carried out prior to the development of Park Lane Hospital, Musselburgh revealed the partial remains of a probable ring-groove house of first millennium B.C. date and a later sub-rectangular, post-built structure attached to a curving fence line. Although initially interpreted as a Roman granary, it now seems likely that the features were the partial remains of a timber amphitheatre associated with Roman Inveresk. Ditches and a number of negative features of unknown date and function were also recorded.

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Roman ScotlandInvereskRoman fortamphitheatreRoman granaryRoman army

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Britannia , Volume 38 , November 2007 , pp. 125 - 140
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Copyright © Tim Neighbour 2007. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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