Roman Fortlet

Redshaw Burn, Annandale, Strathclyde

NGRef: NT0213 OSMap: LR78 Type: Fortlet
Roads
NW (8) to Crawford (Strathclyde) SSE (10) to Tassiesholm (Dumfies & Galloway)

This small, almost square fortlet measured only 50 x 45 feet (c.15.2 x 13.7m) and covered an area of just 250 square yards or 8¼ roods (c.210m²).

See: Britannia v (1974) p.152 table.V for a comparative study of Roman fortlets in Scotland.

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