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I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

I visited the Roman fort at Rough Castle today, for the first time in probably 40-45 years. I think my dad took me when I was small, although there’s a chance I’m (mis)remembering a visit from having seen photographs and what I otherwise know about sites along the Antonine Wall: the spectre of memory at the edge of empire.

What most sticks in my mind are the lilia, the defensive pit traps on the outside of the wall (seen in the first picture). The last picture shows the line of the Antonine Wall, which was only ever a turf wall with the deep ditch on the left.

It made me a little sad that I was alone there at what is a very impressive Roman site, apart from some dog walkers who seemed oblivious to what was beneath their feet, and a cold and bitter rain that refused to leave my side.

#RoughCastle #AntonineWall #RomanFort #RomanScotland #RomanBritain #Archaeology

First Roman bridgehead fort discovered in Austria solves ‘Deserted Castle’ mystery

Archaeologists have found the first confirmed Roman bridgehead fort ever discovered in Austria, positioned in the Danube floodplains near the site named “Ödes Schloss” close to Stopfenreuth in Lower Austria...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/first-roman-bridgehead-fort-discovered-in-austria/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #desertedcastle #romanfort #romanarchitecture

Traces of the Roman fort at Cramond, on the south side of the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. First built in AD140-2, the fort had a role in successive attempts by the Roman empire to extend its influence over the whole of these islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/cramondfort/index.html

#Scotland #RomanFort #Cramond #Edinburgh #Roman #UndiscoveredScotland

Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Falkirk #KingArthur #UndiscoveredScotland

Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Falkirk #KingArthur #UndiscoveredScotland

Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Falkirk #KingArthur #UndiscoveredScotland

Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Falkirk #KingArthur #UndiscoveredScotland

Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Falkirk #KingArthur #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the north-west frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the north-west frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the north-west frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the north-west frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the north-west frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

Defensive Roman pits, or lilia, protecting the Antonine Wall at Rough Castle near Falkirk. For a time this formed part of the north-west frontier of a Roman Empire that stretched all the way to the Middle East. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #Falkirk #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Lilia #UndiscoveredScotland

Traces of the Roman fort at Cramond, on the south side of the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. First built in AD140-2, the fort had a role in successive attempts by the Roman empire to extend its influence over the whole of these islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/cramondfort/index.html

#Scotland #RomanFort #Cramond #Edinburgh #Roman #UndiscoveredScotland

Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Falkirk #KingArthur #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the NW frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the NW frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the NW frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the NW frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

The bath house at Bar Hill Roman Fort, close to the Antonine Wall near Kilsyth and looking north over the Kelvin Valley to the Campsie Fells. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and marked the NW frontier of the Roman empire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkintilloch/barhill/index.html

#Scotland #BarHill #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Kilsyth #UndiscoveredScotland

Defensive Roman pits, or lilia, protecting the Antonine Wall at Rough Castle near Falkirk. For a time this formed part of the north-west frontier of a Roman Empire that stretched all the way to the Middle East. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

#Scotland #Falkirk #RoughCastle #RomanFort #Roman #AntonineWall #Lilia #UndiscoveredScotland

I wonder what Roman #exmoor under Emperor Claudius in AD54 would have been like… 🤔
Black & white of course & in winter bloody cold with some nasty drafts …💨 up your toga…😂
Nice views though 👀 Old Burrow Fortlet & Signal Station along the #somerset & #northdevon coastline of the #bristolchannel 👍 #exmoornationalpark
#exmoorfromabove #exmoorbydrone #romanarchaeology #aerialarchaeology #theviewfromabove #dronephotography #romanfort #romanobritain #ancientbritain #blackandwhitephotography

I wonder what Roman #exmoor under Emperor Claudius in AD54 would have been like… 🤔
Black & white of course & in winter bloody cold with some nasty drafts …💨 up your toga…😂
Nice views though 👀 Old Burrow Fortlet & Signal Station along the #somerset & #northdevon coastline of the #bristolchannel 👍 #exmoornationalpark
#exmoorfromabove #exmoorbydrone #romanarchaeology #aerialarchaeology #theviewfromabove #dronephotography #romanfort #romanobritain #ancientbritain #blackandwhitephotography

I wonder what Roman #exmoor under Emperor Claudius in AD54 would have been like… 🤔
Black & white of course & in winter bloody cold with some nasty drafts …💨 up your toga…😂
Nice views though 👀 Old Burrow Fortlet & Signal Station along the #somerset & #northdevon coastline of the #bristolchannel 👍 #exmoornationalpark
#exmoorfromabove #exmoorbydrone #romanarchaeology #aerialarchaeology #theviewfromabove #dronephotography #romanfort #romanobritain #ancientbritain #blackandwhitephotography