DEFENSIVE PITS
A system of pits, thought to have been concealed by vegetation and to have contained sharpened stakes, designed to obstruct the advance of enemy forces.
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![DEFENSIVE PITS. Photograph of lilia at Rough Castle Roman Fort (DOE a 3766-5.) SC01138217.jpg](https://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC01138217.jpg)