Birrens Roman Fort
80 AD This fort was occupied from 140
142 AD rebuilt and enlarged for 1000 1st Cohort Nervana Germanorum,
158 AD had a rebuilding for the 2nd Cohort of Tungrians
163 served as an outpost of Hadrian’s wall
184 AD abandoned
The Sixth Legion and 22nd Legion were both here as were the Second Cohort of Tungrians.
References
- Birrens ( Canmore)
- Birrens altars and inscriptions (Roman Inscriptions of Britain)
- RIB 2110. Dedication to Antoninus Pius ( 2nd Cohort of Tungrians)
Image Credit – Walter Baxter / western edge of Birrens Roman Fort / CC BY-SA 2.0
