What is recorded here
Roman soldiers marched the narrow Castlecary gap because the Dullator Bog and eastern marshes blocked every other route. They built a six-acre fort beside the Red Burn to watch the valley and preserve the Antonine Wall. Centuries later, men still stacked stones on that same ridge, proving the land itself remembered the shape of defence.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlecary as Roman Fort (roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Castlecary FortArchaeological place · 62 yd
Castlecary, BridgeRoad Bridge (18th Century) · 243 yd
CastlecaryAxe Hammer (stone)(bronze Age) · 284 yd
Castlecary Mill Farm, Forth and Clyde Canal, West Lock, Lock 19Lock (post Medieval) · 521 yd
Castlecary Mill FarmCoin (roman) · 707 yd
Castlecary CastleTower House (15th Century) · 868 yd
Castlecary Low WoodForest · 1315 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1399 yd
BandominieNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Cumbernauld Glen and Nature reserveWood · 1.6 mi
Muirhead Memorial HallMemorial · 1.7 mi
Seabegs Wood, Antonine WallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 miOther information
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