Antonine Wall Fortlet & Camps

Seabegs Wood, Milnquarter, Central

NGRef: NS8179 OSMap: LR65 Type: Antonine Wall Fortlet, 2 Marching Camps.
Roads
Antonine Wall: E (1¾) to Rough Castle (Central) Antonine Wall: W (2¼) to Castlecary (Central)

Postulated by MacDonald, the Seabegs fortlet covers an area of only one-tenth of an acre (0.04ha). There are no coin finds and no inscriptions on stone have been recorded in the R.I.B.. The well-preserved length of Antonine ditch here is well worth a visit, although the site of the fortlet is not discernable.

The Wall Ditch at Seabegs viewed from the east

The Wall Ditch at Seabegs viewed from the west

There are two marching camps nearby at Dalnair (NS8179) and Milnquarter (NS8279).

See: The Roman Wall in Scotland by Sir George MacDonald (Oxford, 2nd Ed. 1934) p.240;
Britannia xiv (1983) p.288;
A Survey of the Coin Finds from the Antonine Wall by Richard Abdy in Britannia xxxiii (2002) pp.189-217.

This page was last modified: