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Seabegs Fortlet
- Bonneybridge, Stirlingshire
A Roman fortlet was located by excavation in 1977 on the small plateau at the
west end of Seabegs Wood. This location gave it wide views over the Denny Gap
and the upper reaches of the Bonny Water. It measured internally 72 feet (21.8
m) by 59 feet (18 m), with a rampart of turf laid on a stone base 9 feet (2.8 m)
wide.
The Antonine
Wall itself, having detoured to the north to take in the plateau, formed the
north rampart of the fortlet. Nothing can now be seen of this, but the slight
turn in the line of the Rampart and Ditch at the west end of the wood was to
take in the fortlet.
A road of small rammed pebbles passed through the north and south gate passages.
The gateways would have been surmounted by wooden towers, the holes dug to
receive the vertical timbers of such a structure were found in the excavation.
During the life of the Wall, and in common with the fortlet at Kinneil., the
northern gateway was blocked thereby restricting access north of the Wall.
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