Sites and Monument Record: Rough Castle altar (SMR 523)
Description
A Roman altar was found in 1843 between 200 and 300 yds to the S of the fort. It is now in the National Museum. A quern was found alongside it, and some copper coins, 2ft under the surface. The moorland was being reclaimed and the objects were found with a plough. A stone lined cist was found south of the fort in the excavations of 1902, and an annotated plan by Mungo Buchanan shows the road from the S gate leading to this. The altar probably came from the field to the west of this.
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