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The Antonine Wall's distance-slabs: LiDAR as metric survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2017

Nick Hannon
Affiliation:
Canterbury Christ Church University, n.hannon290@canterbury.ac.uk
Darrell J. Rohl
Affiliation:
Canterbury Christ Church University, darrell.rohl@canterbury.ac.uk
Lyn Wilson
Affiliation:
Historic Environment Scotland, lyn.wilson@hes.scot

Extract

The “Hidden Landscape of a Roman Frontier” is a collaborative research project run and jointly funded by Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) and Historic Environment Scotland (HES). Intended to run for a 3-year period, it began in October 2015. The project focuses on the landscape archaeology, history, and heritage management of the Roman frontier in Scotland, part of the “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. The project's primary data-set is comprised of aerial LiDAR at 0.5-m resolution covering the World Heritage Site, combined with terrestrial laser-scanning coverage for the forts at Bar Hill and Rough Castle and the fortlet at Kinneil. All data was commissioned under the auspices of the Scottish Ten Project; the aerial data was captured in spring 2010, the terrestrial data in July 2013 and April 2016. The project also draws upon a number of supplemental data sources, including the National Monuments Record of Scotland (https://canmore.org.uk/), geophysical survey data, archive aerial images, colour infra-red imagery, and additional LiDAR data from the UK Environment Agency.

Type
Archaeological Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of Roman Archaeology L.L.C. 2017 

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