Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (DES) is an annual
survey of archaeological discoveries, excavation and
fieldwork in Scotland. It is published by the Council
for Scottish Archaeology and all volumes between
1947 and 2002 have now been made available as pdf files
on the Archaeology Data Services (ADS)
website. It is a valuable resource with numerous entries
on roads.
An index to road-related entries is given below for
the old counties up to 1976 and the Regional Councils
up to 1989. The volumes from 1990 onwards each contain
an index which can be found near the end of each volume.
For convenience a link is provided from each local authority
in the lists below to the main DES page where volumes
are arranged by decade and then year. The page numbers
below refer to the DES pages and not to the pdf pages.
An index by year (1947-1989) is
also provided below.
County Councils 1947-1976
Angus
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1956 |
2 |
Bridge of Cruik - Roman road
(proved to be a river terrace) |
|
1974 |
9 |
Meigle,Cardean, Roman Fort -
roads associated with fort |
1963 |
3 |
Caldhame Wood, Kirriemuir -
Roman road |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
1 |
Caldhame Wood, Kirriemuir -
Roman road |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Crieff Farm, Kirriemuir - roadways |
|
|
|
|
Argyleshire
Year |
Page |
Topic
|
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1958 |
16 |
Allt nan Sac - Pack
horse trail |
|
1962 |
6 |
Ford, Loch Awe -
mention of drove road from Ford to Salachay |
1959 |
11 |
Iona - "Street
of the Dead" |
|
|
10 |
Iona - "Street
of the Dead" |
1960 |
21 |
Islay, High Neribus
- ancient road from Portnashaven to Kilchoman Church |
|
1963 |
10 |
2 miles NNW Kilfinnan
- series of roads near an early settlement |
1961 |
6 |
Carness - possibility
of a hospice on pilgrim road up Glen Aray |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
Dun Dubh - mention
of drove road |
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
Inverliever, Loch
Awe - mention of drove road |
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
Loch Glashan - causeway
leading to island |
|
|
|
|
Ayrshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1953 |
4, part 1 |
Investigation of
possible Roman road by Field Study Group |
|
1971 |
12 |
Outerwards- Largs,
Roman road |
1954 |
4, part 1 |
Reference to above
investigation |
|
|
|
Loudoun-Muirkirk?,
Roman road |
1959 |
19 |
Roman roads |
|
1972 |
13 |
Roman road surveys,
Loudoun - Muirkirk |
1960 |
23 |
Old road near Dalwhatswood |
|
|
|
-do- Muirkirk-Sanquhar
road |
1964 |
21 |
Roman road, south
of the Kelly Burn at NS/209283 |
|
1973 |
17 |
Clyde-Nith Cross
Road, Roman Road Surveys |
1966 |
15 |
Kilwinning - Hunterston:
The Avondale Roman Road |
|
1974 |
24 |
Roman Road Surveys.
The Clyde-Nith Cross Road |
|
17 |
Loudoun Hill - Hollow
ways |
|
|
26 |
-do- . Ancient road |
1970 |
12 |
Lurg-Largs Roman
Road |
|
1976 |
20 |
-do- .Fairlie Craig-
Fairlie Glen |
|
18 |
Stewarton, Blacklaw
- holloway at fort |
|
|
21 |
-do- . Loudoun Hill
- Barochan |
Banffshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1964 |
23 |
Kingsford Bridge
- mention of medieval fording point |
1970 |
19 |
Boharm, Boat O'Brig
- possible remains of medieval bridge |
1973 |
20 |
Grange, Cottartown
Moss - Corduroy Track |
Berwickshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1964 |
24 |
Dere Street |
Clackmannanshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1972 |
18 |
Bank Hill - hollow
way |
|
18 |
Between Sorrow and
Care - old road |
Dumbartonshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1967 |
24 |
High Balernock -
mention of old drove road |
|
1974 |
33 |
Carleith - road
close to Antonine Wall |
1970 |
22 |
Carleith - old road |
|
|
34 |
Roman Road Surveys
- The Clyde Crossing |
1971 |
18 |
Carleith
- Military Way |
|
1975 |
22 |
Croy Hill, Antonine
Wall-Roman fortlet - road |
|
|
Carleith - bye-pass
road |
|
1976 |
28 |
Croy Hill, Antonine
Wall, Roman Civil Settlement - mention of road |
Dumfries
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1947 |
2 |
Roman
Road, Craik Cross |
|
1959 |
23 |
Carzeild - Roman
roads Eskdale, Craik Cross |
|
3 |
Barburgh
Mill Fortlet |
|
|
38 |
Bridges at Caerlaverock
Castle |
1949 |
7 |
Road
near Milton |
|
1960 |
25 |
Bankhead - Possible
Roman road |
3rd rept |
8 |
Road
- Wardlaw towards Caerlaverock |
|
|
26 |
Broomholm - Two
old roads near Roman fort |
|
12 |
Current
& proposed work on Roman roads |
|
|
27 |
Trohoughton - Possible
Roman road |
1949 |
8,9 |
Roman
roads |
|
1965 |
18 |
Twiglees - coin
of 1592 found near old road |
4th rept |
|
|
|
|
19 |
Wauchope Bridge,
Langholm - Pack horse bridge |
1950 |
9 |
Roman
road near Milton |
|
1969 |
18 |
Torthorwald - mediaeval
sunken way |
1953 |
8,9
part 2 |
Roman
roads |
|
1970 |
22 |
Kirkconnel, Waterbeck
- deserted village |
1956 |
14 |
Broomholm Knowe
- Ancient roads |
|
1971 |
26 |
Urr, Courthill -
Roman road |
1957 |
14,15 |
Blacketlees, Annan
- Old river crossing |
|
1972 |
20 |
Kirkconnel - Roman
road |
1958 |
18 |
Smithton, Duncow
- Old road from Clonfeckle |
|
1974 |
74 |
Tinwald, Shieldhill,
possible Roman fortlet - could lie on unlocated
road linking Annandale and Nithsdale |
|
19 |
Eskdale - Roman
road |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
Unthank, Ewes -
Mediaeval road |
|
|
|
|
Edinburgh
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1966 |
26 |
Beechmount - old
highway |
Fifeshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1969 |
29 |
Aberdour - Old North
Road |
1977 |
16 |
Canongate - old
road |
|
|
Mossmorran - track |
Inverness-shire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1961 |
33 |
Soilshan - possible
prehistoric route |
1969 |
28 |
Wester Balblair,
Beauly - mention of old road |
1974 |
83 |
Crubenmore - old
roads |
1976 |
36 |
Tomatin - old roads |
Kirkcudbrightshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1951 |
10 |
Craignurie - tracks |
1960 |
29 |
Fleuchlarg - three
old roads, one possibly Roman |
1968 |
|
Stroangassel - mention
of pack road to Ayr |
1969 |
30 |
Dalshangen Cross
- 10th/11th century wayside cross |
Lanarkshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1954 |
11
part 2 |
Castledykes - road |
|
1971 |
59 |
(RCAHMS) Cleghorn,
Lanark - Roman road |
1955 |
18 |
Castledykes - road |
|
1972 |
24 |
Roman road surveys |
1966 |
34 |
Roman road |
|
1973 |
35,36 |
Roman road surveys
- Clyde-Nith cross road |
|
47 |
Supposed Roman road
from Castledykes to Roberton |
|
|
36 |
East Kilbride, Mains
Castle - hollow way |
1968 |
50 |
Bothwellhaugh -
mention of road leaving fort |
|
|
71 |
Kirkwood, Culter
- old road |
1969 |
33 |
Ellrig - Muir Road
to High Alderstocks |
|
1975 |
33 |
East Kilbride, Bankfield
- possible road |
1970 |
31 |
Bellshill - Roman
road |
|
1976 |
41 |
Stonehouse, Dykehead
Farm - Roman road |
|
64 |
(RCAHMS) Castledykes
- Roman road |
|
|
|
|
Mid-Lothian
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1957 |
21/22 |
Corstorphine - old
road from Colinton to Cramond |
1958 |
22 |
Corstorphine - possible
Roman road |
1959 |
26 |
Cramond - road |
1965 |
26 |
Dere Street |
1972 |
29 |
Kirkliston - Roman
milestone |
1973 |
64 |
Edinburgh, mediaeval
burgh - mediaeval road |
Peeblesshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1977 |
27 |
Meldon Bridge -
Roman road |
Perthshire
Year
|
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1952 |
4, part 1 |
Mediaeval roads
near Perth; Coronation Road, Falkland-Scone |
|
1969 |
35 |
Comrie to Ardeonaig (Loch Tay)
- old road
|
1953 |
13,14 part 2 |
Roadways near Bochastle
fort |
|
|
38 |
Parkneuk, Innerpeffray
- Roman road |
1959 |
28 |
East Lix, Killin
-settlement with old roads |
|
1970 |
39 |
Ardoch Roman Fort
& Annexe - Roman road |
1963 |
41 |
Tomtayewan, Grandtully
- old road near deserted village |
|
1971 |
35 |
Kinbuck Moor - Roman
road (Dunblane - Ardoch) |
1964 |
36 |
Strathtay - track
from Shenavail to deserted village of Rawer |
|
|
57 |
(DoE) Roman Road,
Kirkhill, Gask Ridge |
|
40 |
Gask Ridge - Roman
road |
|
1972 |
33 |
Trinity Gask, Roundlaw
- mention of Roman road |
1965 |
30 |
Comrie- Braco Road |
|
1973 |
39,40 |
Lochearnhead, Glen
Ogle - old road |
|
31 |
Killin - Ardeonaig
Road |
|
|
41 |
Lake of Menteith
- Roman fort and possible road |
1967 |
37 |
Loch Tay to Glen
Lyon - old road |
|
|
70 |
Almond Bridge, Redgorton
- Bertha Roman Fort (remains of possible road) |
|
38 |
Drumcharrig - hollow-way
beside shielings |
|
1974 |
51 |
Shielhill - Roman
road near to signal tower |
|
39 |
Garth, Fortingall
- hollow-way near deserted settlement |
|
1976 |
48 |
Bochastle-Lake of
Menteith - Roman road surveys |
1968 |
28 |
Parkneuk, Innerpefray
- mention of Gask Ridge Roman road |
|
1977 |
29 |
Calvine to Drummochter
Summit - old roads |
|
29 |
Glen Lyon to Loch
Rannoch - old road |
|
|
|
|
Renfrewshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1954 |
13 part 2 |
Hollow ways, Lurg
Moor |
|
1970 |
42 |
Stonebyres, Eaglesham
- track |
1955 |
25 |
Lurg Moor - road |
|
|
43 |
Lurg-Largs; Greenock-Inverkip
- Roman road system |
1957 |
31 |
Green Water, Hillside
Farm - road and ford |
|
1971 |
36 |
Kilmacolm, Whitemoss
- Roman road surveys |
1962 |
38 |
Knapps Homestead,
Houston - mention of mediaeval highway Paisley-Johnstone-Duchal |
|
1972 |
36 |
Knockmountain, Lurg
Moor - Roman road |
1963 |
43 |
Greenock - Inverkip
parishes Roman road |
|
1973 |
46 |
Kilmacolm, Whitemoss
- Roman Road System - track |
|
45 |
"Covenanter's
Stone", Moyne Moor - mention of 18th century
coach road |
|
1974 |
57 |
Roman Road Surveys
- The Clyde Crossing |
1964 |
45 |
Inverkip parish
- Roman road |
|
1975 |
48 |
Mearns, Faulds -
old road |
1968 |
36 |
Walls Hill - causeway |
|
1976 |
53 |
Hugh Overmuir, Ayrshire-Myres,
Renfrewshire - Roman road surveys |
|
37 |
Eaglesham, Longwood
- roadway |
|
|
54 |
Barytes mine - track |
|
38 |
Eaglesham Moor -
Bennan Hill |
|
|
54 |
Lurg Moor, Roman
Fortlet - causeway |
1969 |
13 |
Blackhouse Moor
Ridge - mention of Roman road |
|
|
55 |
Kilmacolm - track |
Roxburghshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1947 |
4 |
Brownhart Law Signal
Station |
Selkirkshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1952 |
16 part2 |
Possible Roman road
between Oakwood and Newstead |
Stirlingshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1948 |
10 |
Roman road near
Camelon |
|
1972 |
39 |
St Ninians, Snabhead
- Roman road |
1949 |
13 |
Planned excavations
- Roman road north of Camelon |
|
|
40 |
Stirling - Roman
road |
1950 |
15 |
Roman road north
of Camelon |
|
|
40 |
Seabegs - Military
Way |
1952 |
14 part 2 |
Road near Larbert
Viaduct |
|
1974 |
64 |
Camelon North Fort
- road |
1959 |
42 |
West Plean - Roman
road |
|
|
65 |
Stirling - Roman
road |
1962 |
41 |
St Ninians - possible
road |
|
1975 |
53 |
Rough Castle - Military
Way |
|
46 |
Stenhouse building
site - possible road |
|
|
53 |
Stirling, ditch
- mention of Roman road |
|
46 |
Seabegs - Military
Way |
|
1976 |
63 |
Roman Road Surveys |
1967 |
52 |
Lauriston - Roman
road |
|
1977 |
34 |
Camelon Roman Forts
- roads |
1971 |
42 |
Stirling - Roman
road |
|
|
36 |
Castlecary, Garnhall
Farm & Seabegs Wood entries - mention of Military
Way |
Sutherland
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1972 |
44 |
Balnakeil - drove
road |
West
Lothian
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1957 |
36 |
Mount Hooly - old
road, possibly Roman |
1973 |
58 |
Inveravon, Search
for Roman Structures - possible remains of a bridge/barrier |
1974 |
67 |
Carriden - Roman
road |
|
68 |
Nether Kinneil,
Antonine Wall, Ditch & Military Way |
1977 |
38 |
Carriden to Blackness
- Roman road |
|
|
Abercorn
- old road |
Wigtonshire
Year |
Page |
Topic |
1960 |
41 |
Longcastle - possible
Roman road |
Regional Councils 1977-1995
Roads entries shown to 1989; thereafter
see index at end of each volume
Borders
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1984 |
Roxburgh |
2 |
Dunion Hill: Fort,Houses,Walls
- roadway |
1985 |
Ettrick & Lauderdale |
1 |
Bishop's House - probable 18th
century cobbled road |
1988 |
Ettrick & Lauderdale |
7 |
Ettrick Head & Selcoth Burn
- Roman road |
|
-do- |
|
Scroof Hill - Roman road, probable |
|
Roxburgh |
8 |
The Street - early road, dual |
|
-do- |
|
Corbie Shank of Causeway Grain
Head - early road |
|
Tweeddale |
|
Hamilton Hill, Edston Hill -
mines & mineral road |
|
-do- |
9 |
South Hill Head - Roman road |
1989 |
Ettrick & Lauderdale |
7 |
Caddon Water - Roman road |
Central
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1981 |
Falkirk |
6 |
Callendar Park,
Antonine Wall - mention of Military Way |
1982 |
Falkirk |
4 |
Rough Castle, Field
System - road |
|
-do- |
5 |
Callendar Park,
Antonine Wall - Military Way |
|
Stirling |
7 |
Touchadam, Motte
- causeway |
1983 |
Stirling |
3 |
Malling-Bochastle
- Roman road survey |
1984 |
Stirling |
3 |
Port of Menteith
- Roman Road Surveys |
|
-do- |
4 |
Doune, Roman Fort
- mention of route for Roman road |
|
Falkirk |
47 |
Roman Road Survey
- Castlecary area |
1985 |
Falkirk |
5 |
Kempen Avenue -
possible line of Military Way |
|
Stirling |
10 |
Roman
Road Survey - Drumquhassle Fort-Malling Fort; Malling
Fort; Malling Fort-Bochastle Fort; Bochastle Fort-Dalginross
Fort |
1989 |
Falkirk |
8 |
Seabegs Place -
Military Way |
|
Stirling |
10 |
Buchlyvie - military
road; Roman road (probable) |
|
-do- |
|
Glen Arklet Military
Road - culverts |
Dumfries
& Galloway
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1979 |
|
3 |
Aerial reconnaissance, Solway
Survey - mention of trackways |
1981 |
Stewartry |
8 |
Gatehouse of Fleet - Roman Road
Survey |
1984 |
Wigton |
5 |
Glenquicken Moor, Roman Road
Surveys - Corse of Slake Road examined |
|
Annandale & Nithsdale |
6 |
Barnhill, Roman Temporary Camp
& Fortlet - mention of Roman road |
1988 |
Nithsdale |
10 |
Roman Road Survey - The Nith
Road |
1989 |
Annandale & Eskdale |
11 |
Annan, 3 Bridgend - river crossing |
|
Nithsdale |
12 |
Carronbridge, cropmark site
- mention of quarry pits possibly marking line of
road |
|
-do- |
12 |
Sanquhar - Roman Road Survey |
|
Stewartry |
13 |
Dalry Parish - old road |
Fife
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1983 |
NE Fife |
9 |
Lower Kenly, Bishop's Manor
- possible approach road |
1984 |
Kirkcaldy |
7 |
Easter Balbeggie Farm - wayside
marker |
Grampian
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1980 |
Banff & Buchan |
8 |
Doolie Bridge, Depopulated Settlement
- sunken track |
|
Kincardine & Deeside |
13 |
Glenmuickle, Depopulated Settlement
- sunken track |
1981 |
Kincardine & Deeside |
14/15 |
Castlehill of Strachan - ford |
1984 |
Moray |
12 |
Bellie, Roman Marching Camp
- mention of linear crop mark |
1988 |
Gordon |
14 |
Wardhouse, Fermtoun Survey -
hollow way |
|
-do- |
|
Castle of Wardhouse - bridge,
approach road to castle |
1989 |
Kincardine & Deeside |
22 |
Netherton - trackways, banks |
|
-do- |
24 |
Auchenhove - possible trackway |
Highland
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1979 |
Inverness |
16 |
Inverness, Castle Street - cobbled
roads |
|
-do- |
17 |
Glen Truin; Granish; Aviemore
- old roads |
1981 |
Badenoch & Strathspey |
17 |
Drummochter; Balavil; Kincraig
- old roads |
1988 |
Badenoch & Strathspey |
15 |
Ortunan - masonry bridge |
Lothian
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1978 |
Edinburgh |
15 |
Cramond - road |
1979 |
-do- |
19 |
Cramond - road |
1980 |
-do- |
20 |
Cramond Roman Fort - mention
of road |
|
-do- |
21 |
Leith, Bernard Street - cobbled
road surface |
1982 |
-do- |
16 |
Cramond Roman Fort - road |
|
East Lothian |
|
St Germains, Enclosure - track |
1983 |
Edinburgh |
17 |
Cramond Roman Fort - road |
1986 |
-do- |
19 |
Cramond Roman Fort - Roman road |
1989 |
-do- |
51 |
Cramond - road |
|
West Lothian |
54 |
Niddry Castle, Medieval Field
Systems, Cultivation Terraces (possible) and sunken
roads |
Strathclyde
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
|
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1979 |
East Kilbride |
35 |
Cathkin Muir - road remains |
|
1985 |
Clydesdale |
38 |
Blackhouse Burn - trackways |
|
Strathkelvin |
40 |
Balmuildy - Roman bridge |
|
|
-do- |
40 |
Collielaw Farm - Roman road |
1981 |
Argyll & Bute |
34 |
Corra Farm - ancient road and
hollow way |
|
|
Dumbarton |
42/43 |
Inverbeg to Tarbert - old road |
1980 |
Dumbarton |
35 |
Old Kilpatrick-Dumbarton - Roman
Road Survey |
|
|
Eastwood |
44 |
Patterton - Old Stewarton Road |
1982 |
Strathkelvin |
29 |
Summerston - Roman bridge |
|
|
Kyle & Carrick |
48 |
Kirkmichael Parish - Roman Road
Survey |
1983 |
Argyll & Bute |
24 |
Drinliath, Recessed Platforms
- mention of track |
|
1986 |
Argyll & Bute |
28 |
Minard - former ferry buildings |
|
-do- |
25 |
Taynuilt, Building Foundations
- mention of trackway |
|
|
Cumnock & Doon |
33 |
Roman Road Survey (New Cumnock
Parish) |
|
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth |
28 |
Tollpark, Antonine Wall - Military
Way |
|
1987 |
Clydesdale |
45 |
Paddy's Rickle Bridge - Roman
road |
1984 |
Glasgow |
25 |
Glasgow, St James Road - old
road |
|
|
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth |
46 |
Westerwood, Antonine Wall, Military
Way and Civil Settlement |
|
Cunninghame |
29 |
Tarbert Hill - mention of track |
|
|
Cumnock & Doon |
46 |
Roman Road Survey (Muirkirk
Parish) |
|
Eastwood |
29/30 |
Roman Road Survey - road/old
road |
|
|
Eastwood |
49 |
Greenbank - old road |
|
Inverclyde |
32 |
Loch Thom - Roman road |
|
1988 |
Argyll & Bute |
21 |
Mull - tracks |
|
Kyle & Carrick |
|
Dailly, Maybole, Kirkoswald
parishes - Roman Road Survey, summary |
|
|
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth |
24 |
Westerwood - Military Way |
|
Clydesdale |
47 |
Roman Road Survey - Castledykes
to Loudoun Hill |
|
|
Inverclyde |
24 |
Inverkip Parish - possible medieval
road & Roman road |
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
Cumnock & Doon |
59 |
New Cumnock - ancient road |
Tayside
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1979 |
Perth & Kinross |
42 |
Calvine to Drummochter Summit
- old roads |
|
-do- |
46 |
Parks of Aldie, Deserted Medieval
Village - tracks |
1982 |
Perth & Kinross |
33 |
Wester Drumatherty - Roman road |
|
-do- |
|
Quoigs - Roman road |
|
-do- |
34 |
West Haugh of Tullimet - old
roads |
|
City of Perth |
|
Stanners Island - mediaeval
bridge footing, possible |
1983 |
Perth & Kinross |
37 |
Wester Drumatherty - Inchtuthill
Quarry Road |
1984 |
Perth & Kinross |
38 |
Wester Drumatherty - Inchtuthill
Quarry Roads |
|
Angus |
62 |
Roman Road Survey - Cardean
Fort-Inverquharrity Fort |
1985 |
Perth & Kinross |
51/52 |
Roman Road Survey: Bochastle
Fort-Dalginross Fort; Dalginross Fort-Strageath
Fort&/orKaims Castle Fortlet; Dalginross Fort-Fendoch
Fort &/or Bertha Fort; Fendoch Fort-Bertha Fort
&/or Inchtuthill Fortress; Bertha Fort-Cardean
Fort |
1987 |
Perth & Kinross |
56 |
Calvine - masonry bridge (2
items) |
RCAHMS
Year |
District |
Page |
Topic |
1980 |
|
44 |
Aerial Survey - section of Dere
Street adjacent to Elginhaugh Roman Fort |
1982 |
|
36 |
Aerial Survey - mention of Roman
road Dunblane-Bertha and possible crossing point
of River Teith at Ochtertyre |
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