Antonine Wall, Rough Castle

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Site type FRONTIER DEFENCE (ROMAN)
Canmore ID 124018
Site Number NS88SW 57
NGR NS 8474 8003
Council FALKIRK
Parish FALKIRK
Former Region CENTRAL
Former District FALKIRK
Former County STIRLINGSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS88SW 57 8464 8000 to 8490 8000

See also NS87NW 6 and NS87NW 32.00 .

NS 8464 8000 to NS 8490 8000 Published course (OS 25 inch 1961) resurveyed. Wall, Ditch and Outer Mound are fairly well defined, although the sharp alignment angle can now only be deduced from the projected extant straights. Extant dimensions vary, but on the W the Rampart averages 1.5m high and the Ditch, 12m wide and 1.2m deep.
NS 8464 8000 Rampart, Ditch and Outer Mound sectioned in 1959 (Robertson 1963-4).
Information from OS 1980
A S Robertson 1963-4.


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1959
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Notes NS 8464 8000 Rampart, Ditch and Outer Mound sectioned in 1959 (Robertson 1963-4).
A S Robertson 1963-4.


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1980
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Project OS Map 1980-1 Survey of the Antonine Wall

Notes NS 8464 8000 to NS 8490 8000 Published course (OS 25 inch 1961) resurveyed. Wall, Ditch and Outer Mound are fairly well defined, although the sharp alignment angle can now only be deduced from the projected extant straights. Extant dimensions vary, but on the W the Rampart averages 1.5m high and the Ditch, 12m wide and 1.2m deep.
Information from OS 1980

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5 February 2002
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3 August 2006
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29 July 2007
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Books and References

Robertson, A S (1966a) 'Miscellanea Romano-Caledonica', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.97
Page(s): 193-4

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