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Excerpt from Guide to Stirling The Roman Stone is really a rock-surface on a-summit of the Gowan Hills, on the north side of the ss of Ballengeich. On which may still be traced an inscription now difficult 0 decipherment, Sir Robert Sibbald. Who saw it two hundred years ago. Has transcribed it as follows: In excn. Agat. Leg. 11 tch he extended into In excubias agitantes legionis secundae, and translated. For the daily and nightly watch of the second legion. The second legion was one of those under the command of Agricola in Britain (78 - 84 aj) Inscriptions found m the course of the Roman vallnm, that connected Agncola's forts and was constructed by Lollius Urhicus. 140-2 a.d., show that about one-half'of that work was done by men of the same legion. So that if Sibbald's t-ranscn t and the interpretation thereof are correct, the stone may refer to either 0 these periods or may be of later date. But there are antiquaries who affirm that/the inscription is what they call a false one - whatever they may mean by that. Others are convinced of its antiquity, but are not satisfied that Sihbald's transcript is a correct one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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