No thorough archaeological investigation of the Broogh Fort has yet been conducted therefore its true nature and purpose remains unclear. The site consists of a large, flat topped mound 20m in diameter and 4m high, surrounded by an 8m wide ditch.
No thorough archaeological investigation of the Broogh Fort has yet been conducted therefore its true nature and purpose remains unclear. The site consists of a large, flat topped mound 20m in diameter and 4m high, surrounded by an 8m wide ditch. There are further banks and ditches to the south and east. No structures remain on the central mound. It is likely that the mound is a Medieval motte – an artificial hill on which a small castle or defensive structure would have stood. Other possibilities are that it may have been a Bronze Age burial site or an Iron Age ringfort, later converted into a motte.
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