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Oblique aerial view
ST 2559
Description Oblique aerial view
Date 1976
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number ST 2559
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 1725951, SC 349452
Scope and Content Roman fort at Rough Castle, Falkirk The Antonine Wall stretched from the Clyde in the west to the Forth in the east. The Wall was a linear boundary designed to control access to southern Scotland. Seventeen forts were built along its length, interspersed with fortlets and signal stations. At 0.4 hectares, Rough Castle is one of the smallest forts on the Antonine Wall, situated between the Rowantree Burn and the Wall. Excavations in 1904 uncovered a number of buildings inside, such as the headquarters building (or praetorium) and the baths. By order of the Emperor, Antoninus Pius, soldiers from the three legions of Britain (II Augusta from Caerleon, VI Victrix from York and XX Valeria Victrix) built the wall following a successful campaign by the governor of Britain, Lollius Urbicus. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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