04-29-2012, 02:02 AM
I've been reading the excavation report on the Westerton Gask Limes and tried to sketch what it might have looked like.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/...99_519.pdf
The the turf rampart surrounding the tower doesn't seem to have been very high. The ditch was 1.9 - 2.5 m wide but less than 1m deep. If it had a balcony then it would only have been on the front rather than all the way around. It could have been clad in planking or wattle - I chose planking because it is easier to draw
I stuck a pallisade on the rampart but there is no way to know whether it really had one. Looks like the tower was built pretty quickly and that defence wasn't a priority. I like the idea that the Gask towers were used for "preclusivity" rather than being signal towers.
Edit: There were a few things that I didn't get quite right but I'm not much of an artist.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/...99_519.pdf
The the turf rampart surrounding the tower doesn't seem to have been very high. The ditch was 1.9 - 2.5 m wide but less than 1m deep. If it had a balcony then it would only have been on the front rather than all the way around. It could have been clad in planking or wattle - I chose planking because it is easier to draw
I stuck a pallisade on the rampart but there is no way to know whether it really had one. Looks like the tower was built pretty quickly and that defence wasn't a priority. I like the idea that the Gask towers were used for "preclusivity" rather than being signal towers.Edit: There were a few things that I didn't get quite right but I'm not much of an artist.