2010

NS8479 : Rough Castle: the Military Way

taken 16 years ago, near to High Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Scotland

Rough Castle: the Military Way
Rough Castle: the Military Way
For the main description, see NS8479 : Rough Castle: the Military Way, which was taken from the same point, but looking in the opposite direction.

In the present photograph, the inconspicuous course of the Military Way is apparent only as a low mound, which extends back from the photographer's position towards a point just right of centre; there, it is evident as a small bulge where the land drops out of sight, at the edge of the valley of the Rowantree Burn.

On the annotated satellite view (see the end-note), I have represented the Military Way as a green line.
Rough Castle Roman Fort

Rough Castle is the best preserved of the Roman Forts on the Antonine Wall; it has an internal area of 0.4 hectares. For most of its perimeter, it is surrounded by two ditches. Immediately to the east of the fort is an annexe with three ditches at its eastern end. The Military Way is also well preserved here, and can be seen passing through fort and annexe. Defensive pits, nicknamed "lilia" ("lilies") by the Romans, can be seen beyond the northern extremity of the fort. The fort itself contained the headquarters building ("principia"), the commander's house, a granary, and barrack blocks. The annexe contained the regimental bath-house.
See LinkExternal link (at Canmore) for further archaeological details. See LinkExternal link for an annotated satellite view of the site.


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Place: Rough Castle Period: Roman Category: Roman archaeological site other tags: Military Way Archaeology Antonine Wall Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Rowantree Burn [14] · Military Way [3] Other Photos: · Rough Castle: the Military Way Title Clusters: · Rough Castle: the Military Way [2] ·
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Photographer
Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 24 May, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 8 June, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8421 7982 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:59.8385N 3:51.4850W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8419 7981
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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