A list of organisations and resources for Romans in Scotland.
Also, see “doing your own research“
- Historic Environment Scotland – the government body responsible for all historical sites with the excellent Canmore database.
- The National Museum of Scotland hold the majority of Scotland’s Roman artefacts
- The Hunterian, part of Glasgow University holds many Antonine Wall artefacts
- The Antonine Wall – Frontiers of the Roman Empire has lots of resources focused on the Antonine Wall and is a collaboration between six local authorities
- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland – Founded in 1780 to investigate both antiquities and natural and civil history in general.
- Scottish Archaeological Research Framework – ScARF is managed by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a grant funded by Historic Environment Scotland as a key part of its commitment to Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy.
- Scotland’s Archaeological Strategy – Overarching strategy which celebrates each year what has been achieved.
- Digit – Dig It! is a hub for Scottish archaeology which includes articles on the Romans.
- The Scottish Archeological Forum (SAF). Its main purpose is organising conferences and workshops furthering and promoting archaeological research in Scotland.
- Scottish Archaeology – a website dedicated to all things archaeology.
Local History and Archaeological Groups
- Biggar Archaeology Group
- Clutha Archaeology Group
- Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society
- Falkirk Local History Society
- Peeblesshire Archaeological Society
- Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
- Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee
More general UK-based resources
- Roman Inscriptions of Britain – great resource – use the search term “Scotland”
- Heritage Gateway – access over 60 resources in England and Wales
- Archaeology Data Service – The digital repository for archaeology and heritage
- Association for Roman Archaeology – membership allows free access to many sites and well worth having
- Tynedale Hadrian’s Wall Group – comprehensive website
- The Oxford Roman Economy Project – analyses all major economic activities including agriculture, trade, commerce, and extraction
- The Romans in Britain – a really good comprehensive site
- The Roads of Roman Britain
- Roman Forts – Behavioral Archaeology site looking at objects found in forts
- Following Hadrian – a site dedicated to Hadrian and documents his journey to Britain
- Roman Britain – site has lost its security status – was great
European and other resources
- Archaeological Atlas of Antiquity: all Europe searchable – this link is focused on Scotland
- OmnesViae: Roman Routeplanner (does not include Scotland)
- ORBIS The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World (does not include Scotland)
- Database of Military Inscriptions and Papyri of Early Roman Palestine – includes translations of payslips to soldiers
- Europiana Eagle Project – EAGLE, The Europeana network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby Zurich and other university list of latin inscriptions across Europe
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) comprehensive collection of Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg
- LatinNow – sociolinguistics, epigraphy and archaeology study from Nottingham University
- The Roman Trees Database – identifies the usage of species names in Latin literature, with a primary focus on those up to 200 CE
- Topos Text – over 800 ancients texts with databases of people and places
