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No. 112 -- ROMAN MONUMENTS -- No. 113
not actually within, this enclosure in 1937, ¹ and about
100 yds. to the NE. a Roman kiln for making tiles or
bricks was discovered in 1913 immediately behind the
Antonine Wall. ²

INSCRIBED STONES. The following inscribed stones,
all of which are now in the National Museum of
Antiquities in Edinburgh, have been found in the
vicinity of Mumrills:
(i) An altar (Fig. 35) found in 1841 "near the Bridge

[Illustration Inserted]
Fig. 35. Roman fort, Mumrills (No. 112); inscribed altar i
(1/10)

at Brightons", about a mile SE. of the fort. The text
reads Herculi Magusan(o) sacrum Val(erius) Nigrinus
dupli(carius) alae Tungrorum. "Sacred to Hercules
Magusanus. Valerius Nigrinus, Duplicarius of the
Tungrian Cavalry Regiment (was the dedicator)." See
C.I.L., vii, No. 1090; R.W.S., 417-8 and pl. lxxiv.
(ii) A tombstone (Fig. 36) the lettering of which
shows traces of having been picked out originally in
cinnabar. The text reads Dis M(anibus) Nectovelius
f(ilius) Vindicis an(norum) XXX stip(endiorum) VIIII
nationis Brigans militavit in coh(orte) II Thr(acum). "To
the Spirits of the Departed. Nectovelius, son of Vindex,
aged thirty, a Brigantian by tribe, he served for nine
years in the Second Cohort of Thracians." See C.I.L.,
vii, No. 1091; Ephemeris Epigraphica, ix, p. 623; R.W.S.,
435-6 and pl. xxxi.
(iii) The upper part of an altar (Fig. 37) which was
found to the E. of the fort in 1937. The text is incomplete
and reads Cassius sign(ifer) Matribus -- "Cassius, a
standard-bearer, (dedicated this altar) to the Matres --"
See P.S.A.S., lxxiii (1938-9), 245-6 and pl. lxxx.

918794 -- NS 97 NW -- 10 December 1958

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Fig. 36. Roman fort, Mumrills (No. 112); tombstone ii
(1/10)

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Fig. 37. Roman fort, Mumrills (No. 112); inscribed altar
iii (1/10)

113. Roman Fort, Falkirk (Site). The distance between
the forts of Mumrills and Rough Castle, nearly 5 miles,
is twice the normal distance between the forts on the
Antonine Wall, so that the existence of an intermediate
station in the neighbourhood of Falkirk can be safely
assumed. No remains of such a fort have survived, but
chance finds of pottery, worked stones and hearths suggest
that it was situated on high ground in the district known
as the Pleasance, overlooking the hollow through which
the now concealed West Burn once ran. ³
The hoard of nearly 2000 Roman coins which was
discovered in Falkirk in 1933 ⁴ has no bearing on the site
of the fort in question, since the find was made a quarter
of a mile N. of the Antonine Wall.

c. 886798 -- NS 87 NE (unnoted) -- 20 March 1957

1 P.S.A.S., lxxiii (1938-9), 319-324.
2 P.S.A.S., xlix (1914-5), 123-8.
3 The evidence is conveniently summarised in R.W.S.,
215-6.
4 P.S.A.S., lxviii (1933-4), 32-40; lxxiii (1938-9), 244-5.
For the piece of tartan cloth found with the hoard, see P.S.A.S.,
lxxxii (1947-8), 227-30.

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