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Alleged site of promontory fort. The promontory of Bowduns (said to be a corruption of 'Bri-dun', 'the high fort'), however, is not a good defensive position and it is therefore unlikely to have been the site of a fort. It was described in the 19th Century thus: 'The headland is cut off by a small ravine, at the bottom of which runs a bank 6ft wide and 1 to 2ft high. A similar bank runs along the eastern lip of the ravine'. On the ground, the 'small ravine' described is no more than a shallow dip at the neck of the promontory, and apart from the slight bank which runs along the centre of the dip, and a slight bank around the northwest edge of the promontory, which both appear to be cultivation or enclosure banks, there is no trace of any ramparts or fortifications on or around the site. A small rim sherd of possible late Iron Age pottery was found at the edge of this site at approximately NO 8845 8450. It has a slightly everted, rounded rim with a carination below it.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)