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Gatehouse Of Fleet
Fortlet (Roman)
Site Name Gatehouse Of Fleet
Classification Fortlet (Roman)
Canmore ID 63631
Site Number NX55NE 10
NGR NX 59550 57373
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63631
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Girthon
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55NE 10 5954 5737
(NX 5954 5737) Roman Fort (R) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Excavation at this site confirms that the remains are of a Roman fortlet, which measured 190' by 165' over the ramparts, defended by two widely-spaced ditches and a 12' wide turf and clay rampart. There was a trench in the space between the two ditches, probably for an entanglement. There was a gate in the centre of both the long sides, where three large post-holes on either side of the entrance passage, presumably supporting planking which held back the ends of the rampart, also possibly carried a guard chamber above the gateway, as none was found at ground level. In the northern half, there was a probable timber barracks, 83' by 24', which together with the corresponding building at the S end of the central street, would provide quarters for one century. Behind the N barrack block was a small grain store, a scatter of carbonised wheat being found on its floor. An oven, of normal military type, just inside the W rampart included fragments of 7 quern stones in its structure. The few pieces of pottery recovered all point to a single Flavian occupation.
J K St Joseph 1960; J K St Joseph 1961.
No extant remains.
Site surveyed at 1/2500 from St Joseph AP and ground inspection.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 7 July 1970
Photographed by the RCAHMS in 1978.
(Four bun-shaped querns from the foundations of an oven).
E J MacKie 1971.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 October 1994 - 28 October 1994)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (11 October 1994 - 28 October 1994)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (1 March 2012)
