Castlehill Roman Fort Geophysical and Topographic Survey

Date March 2008

Event ID 576938

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/576938

NS 5250 7270 Topographic, magnetic and resistivity surveys of much of the summit and eastern slope of the hill were carried out during March 2008. The magnetic survey detected the fort’s E and W gates, parts of the N, W and E defences, as well as traces of structures within the fort, but failed to find evidence for a fortlet in the NW corner of the fort. Among the features identified by the resistivity survey was an enclosure lying within the western part of the fort, possible entrances to that enclosure, and structures on the E side of the fort.

Richard Jones, Jeremy Huggett and Alan Leslie (Archaeology Department, Glasgow University), 2008