Broadlea henge explained
Broadlea henge is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway.[1] It is one of very few henge monuments in southern Scotland. The only other well preserved site is the considerably smaller Pict's Knowe near Dumfries. While Pict's Knowe is a single entrance, Class I henge, Broadlea has two entrances, making it a Class II henge.[2] [3] It measures 50m by 45m inside its ditch, which is as wide as 10m. The banks have been flattened over time but still rise in parts to around four feet high.[4]
The henge overlooks the Mein Water valley; the Roman fort of Birrens is located on the opposite side of the valley. The aerial photographs which identified the henge also identified a Roman marching camp, whose ditch passes through the north-west entrance of the henge and out through the south-east entrance.[5]
The monument is scheduled as "Birrens to Broadlee,Roman forts & camps & henge".[6]
References
- Web site: Broadlea Canmore. canmore.org.uk. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191117174449/https://canmore.org.uk/site/67148/broadlea. 17 November 2019. 2019-11-17.
- Barclay. G. J.. Fojut. N.. 1990. The Site at Pict's Knowe, Troqueer, near Dumfries: A south-western Henge Re-discovered. Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 65. 70. https://web.archive.org/web/20190729192059/http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/tdgnhas/3065.pdf. 29 July 2019.
- Book: Royal Commission of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Easter Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. The Stationery Office. 1997. Edinburgh. 112. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
- Atkinson. R.. 1949. Four new 'henge' monuments in Scotland and Northumberland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. en. 84. 62. 2056-743X.
- Atkinson. R.. 1949. Four new 'henge' monuments in Scotland and Northumberland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. en. 84. 63. 2056-743X.
- Web site: Birrens to Broadlee,Roman forts & camps & henge (SM666). portal.historicenvironment.scot. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130002555/http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM666. 30 November 2018. 2019-11-17.
