Field Visit
Date 17 December 1996
Event ID 1011839
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011839
NY 3725 9860 NY39NE 4
This earthwork comprises a roughly circular enclosure which measures about 14.5m in diameter and is defined by a ditch and counterscarp bank; the ditch is 2.4m broad and 0.6m deep while the bank is 2.1m thick and 0.4m high. Within the enclosure there is a low mound (measuring 11.2m in diameter) which supports a penannular bank fronted by a berm; this bank measures 2.5m in thickness and is 0.7m and 0.3m high, measured externally and internally, respectively. Within the bank there is a slightly dished interior measuring 5m in diameter. An entrance-gap pierces the N side, where the remnants of a causeway and a gap in the conterscarp bank suggest a link with the possible Roman road (NY39NE 29) that passes within 25m on the monument.
The characteristics of this earthwork are consistent with its identification as a possible Roman watch tower.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH, ATW), 17 December 1996.
Listed as watch-tower (probable).
RCAHMS 1997.
