Excavations at Raeburnfoot. 23 



The central fort was probably provided with a gateway on the 

 east side, as will appear later on. 



The south gateway shows a roadway of gravel level with the 

 Camp, but nothing remains to mark its width. The one at the 

 north is similar, but the gravel surfacing is wanting, and was 

 probably dug up in order to improve the gradient, this being the 

 only cart entrance to the area of the Camp. 



At the south entrance of the central fort a good deal of cobble 

 pavement surfacing is found, but in a disturbed state, and several 

 larger stones, disposed as if intended for edging, remain ; tlie 

 width of the gateway is uncertain. This description applies 

 likewise to the corresponding gateway at the north. 



Only the one street or roadway has been discovered. It 

 extends in a straight line or nearly from the north end of the 

 Camp to the south end, passing through the four gateways 

 described. It is surfaced with gravel ; the width is uncertain. 



During the search no certain vestiges of buildings were 

 disclosed, but several pieces of stonework, more or less regularly 

 disposed, presented themselves, which it will be proper to notice. 

 Of this kind is a fragment of a drain, which extends southwards 

 from the north gateway of the central fort along the west margin 

 of the street, about 60 feet in length, at the point marked A on 

 the accompanying plan. The interior opening is 8 inches wide 

 and 10 high. The sub-soil forms the bottom, the sides are com. 

 po.scd of undressed whinstone, of which also are the covers. 

 Having regard to the width of the opening bridged, the latter 

 are of unusual dimensions, being from 24 to 30 inches Ion". 

 They are placed across the drain so as to fit closely together, and 

 the top of the work, which is level with the street, has the 

 appearance of a broad and well-set edging. 



A number of stones met with near the centre of the fort at B 

 on the plan, showing an approach to order, seem to be the 

 remains of a structure of some kind, possibly a building. 



At the east side of the fort, where the tail of the rampart 

 would be, and nearly midway from north to south, marked C on 

 the plan, a structural piece of work remains. It is composed of 

 roundish whinstones, something like 6 to 9 inches in diameter, 

 and clay, put together in such a way as to have some resemblance 

 to a mass of concrete. The outline is irregular, but the surface 

 is straight like a floor, and hard. It measures about 10 feet 

 from north to south, by 14 from east to west, and the substance 



