On the last evening of the 2019 dig (part of the CHERISH project) the researchers from Aberystwyth Luminescence Research Laboratory were taking core samples of sand from around the exposed stonework for luminescence dating, before the backfilling of the trenches.
They allowed us entry into the dig perimeter to photograph the trenches, and explained that the only reason that permission was given to dig the trenches, was due to the rapid erosion of this side of the fort. Not just coastal erosion, but heavy rain percolating through the sand down onto the clay layer beneath allows the fort to slide away onto the beach. It has been estimated that 30% of the fort is gone.
Permission to excavate elsewhere in the fort was not given, despite many interesting features. The mound on the north eastern part of the interior was thought to be possible Roman signal tower.
The excavated stonework was very impressive. The northern trench contained a massive iron age roundhouse, 13m diameter with 2m wide walls. The interior surface of the roundhouse walls was carefully faced with a very flat alignment of stones to make a neat vertical surface.
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