It is not the location of Milefortlet 1, the first milefortlet to the west of Hadrian's Wall, which is located on the coast overlooking the Solway Firth at Biglands House Farm,[2] about a mile to the west of Bowness-on-Solway and just to the south of Herdhill Scar. The confusion is caused by the proximity and similarity of names.[3][4]
A school was once located at Biglands, but it closed and was incorporated with Wiggonby school in 1959.[5]
^J. Collingwood Bruce and David Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, 14th Edition 2006, p.375
^Great Britain. Ministry of Public Building and Works; Great Britain. Dept. of the Environment (1 January 1976). Archaeological excavations. HMSO. ISBN978-0-11-670781-9. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^Cracknell, Stephen; Mahany, Christine (1994). Roman Alcester: Southern Extramural Area: 1964–1966 excavations. Pt 2: Finds and discussion. CBA research report. Vol. 97. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 167. ISBN978-1-872414-42-3.