07-20-2012, 11:46 PM
Quote:I can't see anything in the satilite pics that would resemble a gyrus...It is also quite close to the bathhouse.....as brian says there are better locations for a horse training arena!All very good points. However, the feature no longer survives above ground -- it was located by geophysical survey in 2003 (by Timescape Research Surveys). This plot (published in Britannia 35, 2004, p. 274) shows the result of "electrical resistance" (sometimes called resistivity) -- a circular feature of around 50m diameter can clearly be seen outside the minor east gate, where it effectively blocks the path to the bathhouse.
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If this is a gyrus -- and I'm not sure that even the feature at The Lunt has definitely been identified as such -- it was presumably sited to enable cavalrymen to exit the fort, using the minor east gate, directly into the ring. Prospective bathers would make the long way round.
