Formerly ) Castledykes (NAT) Roman Fort (R) Roman Fort, Castledykes: The Romans established sizable garrisons here in both the Flavian and Antonine periods. The superimposed remains of their successive forts lie on the edge of the escarpment 60m SE of Corbiehall farmhouse. Although almost the entire perimeter of the defences can be traced above ground, the only substantial remains are on the E, where the rampart survives to a maximum height of 1.5m above the level of the interior. Most of our knowledge of the history of the fort derives from excavations carried out between 1937 and 1955 (A S Robertson 1964), but air photographs have revealed the presence on the same plateau of at least three temporary camps and four enclosures (see .00 and 7.02 - 7.06 and 16) all now totally levelled by cultivation. Flavian Fort: Although two subsequent occupations had destroyed or obscured much of the defences, excavation showed that the Flavian fort, which faced S, measured internally about 174m by 160m. The rampart, built of turf and earth, was at least 6m thick, and in front of it were from two to five ditches. The relatively shallow innermost ditch was 2.3m in average width, but the original dimensions of the rest are uncertain, since they were recut in the Antonine period. (Internal details and discussion of the garrison are given.) An unusual feature (X on plan) was a discontinuous ditch, measuring on average only 1.9m wide and 0.75m deep, which was traced round the E half of the fort outside the defences already described. A short section of what was presumably the same ditch was also found on the N side of the W gate, although between that gate and the one on the N it had otherwise been destroyed by the outer ditch of the fort, while more recently it has been revealed as a crop-mark to the S of the W gate. No fewer than seven entrances were located in this outlying ditch, and at three of them the ditch terminals were either staggered or made to overlap in a manner unusual in Roman castramentation. The excavator suggested that the ditch represented an Agricolan defensive enclosure which was replaced later in the Flavian period by a permanent fort, but it has also been interpreted as a contemporary outwork; a more likely explanation may be that it was a purely temporary defence thrown up by troops building the fort itself.
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Formerly ) Castledykes (NAT) Roman Fort (R) Roman Fort, Castledykes: The Romans established sizable garrisons here in both the Flavian and Antonine periods. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
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