What is recorded here

Rough Castle Fort anchored the Antonine Wall near Falkirk from 142 AD, housing 480 Nervii soldiers behind six-metre turf ramparts and sharpened stake pits. Its stone barracks, bath house and granary still shadow the grass, while a lost altar to Victory and leather shoes hint at the men who breathed life into the mud. The fort remains one of the best-preserved on the Wall, small enough to feel like a chamber and old enough to make modern footpaths seem like visitors.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rough Castle as Structure (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Rough Castle is a Roman fort located in Scotland, built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD, and is part of the Antonine Wall, a significant defensive structure marking the northern frontier of Roman Britain. It is important as a key archaeological site illustrating Roman military presence and engineering in Scotland.

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