Rough Castle Fort

The surviving evidence places the making of this site within a real period of local activity. For Rough Castle Fort, the linked account gives this exact evidence: Inscriptions found on recovered artefacts indicate that the fort based 480 men of the Cohors VI Nerviorum of Nervii, — as the linked record notes — foot soldiers drawn from a north-eastern Gallic tribe. This places the archaeological place within Falkirk without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

Layout and material show how people organised this ground, even where their exact beliefs are unknown. For Rough Castle Fort, the linked account gives this exact evidence: The fort is among the best-preserved of the forts made along the Wall. This places the archaeological place within Falkirk without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

Recorded finds and investigation provide firmer evidence than later guesswork. For Rough Castle Fort, the linked account gives this exact evidence: Although the original buildings have not survived, these buildings' foundations were discovered throughout excavations in 1902–03, 1932 and 1957–61. This places the archaeological place within Falkirk without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

The exact mapped remains show which parts can still be tested on the ground. For Rough Castle Fort, the linked account gives this exact evidence: The military road on the south side of the Wall, which enabled transport between all forts, — as the linked record notes — is still well defined and there is too a fine length of rampart and ditch still intact to the west. This places the archaeological place within Falkirk without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

Its local importance comes from what happened here and what the position allowed people to do. For Rough Castle Fort, the linked account gives this exact evidence: One of the best overviews of the site is the video of the Bridgeness Slab by Falkirk Council, — as the linked record notes — presented by Geoff Bailey, Keeper of Archeology and Local History at Falkirk Museum, from roughly 10 minutes. This places the archaeological place within Falkirk without borrowing events from a similarly named place.