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Field Visit
Date August 1980
Event ID 1137262
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1137262
Broomholm NY 378 814 NY38SE 7
Situated on the summit of Broomholm Knowe, about 500m SSW of Broomholmshiels farmhouse, there are the denuded remains of a Roman fort, which excavation has shown to have been occupied at least twice between AD 80 and 120. In the earlier, or Flavian, period the fort measured about 175m by 100m (1.8ha) over the rampart, with an annexe 0.7ha in area attached to its S side; both structures were initially enclosed by at least two ditches, but a third and possibly a fourth ditch appear to have been added subsequently. On all sides but the SE the remains of the Flavian defences may still be traced on the ground, the best-preserved portion being on the SW. There are, however, no visible traces of the small fort which eventually succeeded the earlier works; measuring about 100m by 82m (0.8ha), it appears to have occupied the S half of the original fort site. The excavation also revealed traces of an enclosed prehistoric settlement on the site before the Roman occupation, and a round house was built in the fort after it had been abandoned.
RCAHMS 1981, visited August 1980
(Feachern 1950; DES, 1956, 13-14; Journal of Roman Studies, xlvii, 1957, 201; Iii 1962, 164; liii, 1963, 128; Iv, 1965, 202)
