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Castellum A
castellum in
Latin is usually: a
small Roman fortlet or tower, a
diminutive of
castrum ('military camp'),
often used as a
watchtower or signal...
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further north. The
Antonine Wall was
protected by 16
forts with
small fortlets between them;
troop movement was
facilitated by a road
linking all the...
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Birgitta Hoffmann and
David Woolliscroft. The
ridge fortifications: forts,
fortlets and
watchtowers were only in
operation for a few years,
probably fewer...
- encampments, and "marching" forts. The
diminutive form
castellum was used for
fortlets,
typically occupied by a
detachment of a
cohort or a centuria. Castrum...
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section of the
Roman Antonine Wall and the only
example of an
Antonine fortlet with
visible remains. The
lands of
Kinneil with
Larbert and
Auldcathy were...
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intermediate fort. This
fortlet's discovery at
Cleddans seemed to
strengthen the
proposal that the
Antonine Wall was
designed with
fortlets around every mile...
- same
lines as the
second phase. The
fortlet defences – as with most
other fortlets – were
designed to
withstand attacks from
brigands or hold off an enemy...
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buildings in the parish, all at
Grade II
except the church. The
Beacon Roman fortlet,
above the
coast to the
north west of the village, was
occupied for a short...
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Forts and
Fortlets ****ociated with the Gask
Ridge from
south to
north Balmuildy, Cadder, Castlecary, Mumrills, Camelon, Drumquh****le, Malling, Doune, Glenbank...
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bridge over the
Forth and
Clyde Canal; it is also the site of a
Roman fortlet, on the
Antonine Wall,
halfway between the
Roman forts at Kirkintilloch...
