Archaeological Developments & Discoveries at Traprain Law

Fraser Hunter

Bersu's 1947 excavations emphasised the potential of the site with modern techniques: his sections through the main outer rampart showed the depth and complexity of the remains, and suggested the rampart had fallen out of use by the Roman period. Later work by Strong in the 1980s on ramparts at the eastern end of the hill is sadly not yet published, but small-scale work on the inner summit rampart in 1999-2001 showed that this too had fallen out of use by the Roman period. This most recent project also demonstrated that complex archaeological remains similar to those from the early excavations survived over most of the summit area. It seems the whole hill was densely occupied, especially in the Roman period, with terraces being built on the slopes to eke out the available building land.

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