Broadlea henge

Broadlea henge (grid reference NY 21946 74651) 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.[3] The banks have been flattened over time but still rise in parts to around four feet high.[4]

Broadlea henge
Location of Broadlea henge in Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates55.060180°N 3.2235547°W / 55.060180; -3.2235547
Reference no.SM666

The henge overlooks the Mein Water valley; the Roman fort of Birrens is located on the opposite side of the valley.[4] 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][3]

The monument is scheduled as "Birrens to Broadlee,Roman forts & camps & henge".[6]

References
  1. "Broadlea | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  2. Barclay, G. J.; Fojut, N. (1990). "The Site at Pict's Knowe, Troqueer, near Dumfries: A south-western Henge Re-discovered" (PDF). Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 65: 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2019.
  3. Royal Commission of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1997). Easter Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape. Edinburgh: The Stationery Office. p. 112.
  4. Atkinson, R. (1949). "Four new 'henge' monuments in Scotland and Northumberland". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 84: 62. ISSN 2056-743X.
  5. Atkinson, R. (1949). "Four new 'henge' monuments in Scotland and Northumberland". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 84: 63. ISSN 2056-743X.
  6. "Birrens to Broadlee,Roman forts & camps & henge (SM666)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
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