Westerton: a Roman watchtower on the Gask frontier

Abstract

The excavation of the Roman timber watchtower at Westerton was undertaken to obtain dating evidence and a complete plan.The four-post tower was more elongated in plan than anticipated and was provided at the front with steps giving access to the first-floor level, a feature not readily paralleled in excavated towers anywhere in the Roman Empire.The one fragment of probable mortarium recovered from the single enclosing ditch is commensurate with a Flavian date.Disturbance of the post-holes indicated that the tower had been deliberately demolished.The tower is considered in relation to other adjacent examples which make up the Gask frontier.The function of this system is discussed and placed in its broader historical context.

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