OSMap: LR72
Type: Fortlet, 2 Marching Camps.
ESE (15) to Lyne (Borders)
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NGRef: NS9844 OSMap: LR72 Type: Fortlet, 2 Marching Camps. |
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WNW (3) to Castledykes (Strathclyde) ESE (15) to Lyne (Borders) | |
| N.G.REF | DIMENSIONS | AREA |
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| NS971449 | (47 x 45 m) | (c.0.2 ha) |
This small, square fortlet measures about 154 by 148 feet (47 x 45 m) over the ramparts and thus encloses an area of about ½-acre (0.2 ha). It is surrounded by three narrow, V-shaped ditches on all sides with an entrance positioned on the north. These northern defences have been partly destroyed by a railway cutting, those on the south by quarrying. The size and layout of Bankhead compares favourably with other known fortlets at Chew Green in Northumberland and at Castle Greg in Lothian, which may have been contemporary establishments of the Flavian period. It would appear that the fortlet was occupied for only a short time before being abandoned, at which time the rampart was thrown into the inner ditch, the outer ditches being allowed to silt-up naturally.
