Sites & Frontiers – Page 2 – Romans in Scotland

Carzield Roman Fort – Cavalry in the Nith Valley

Explore Carzield’s Roman cavalry fort near Dumfries: its occupation, size, probable garrison, inscriptions and what survives today.

Discover the places where Rome left its mark on Scotland Across Scotland, traces of the Roman army survive in the…

There are 18 known Antonine Wall distance slabs The slabs are overwhelmingly concentrated in the western half of the Wall.…

Standing on a natural plateau above the River Teith, the Roman fort at Doune occupies one of the most strategically…

Roman forts in Scotland were not built as part of one single invasion. For more than a century, Roman armies…

Rome’s extraordinary record of building the Antonine Wall Nearly 1,900 years ago, Roman soldiers constructed a new frontier across central…

A small but important archaeological discovery was made in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, during investigations carried out in 2017 in the…

The academic article “They think it’s all over. The face of victory on the British frontier” by David J. Breeze…

There is no confirmed Roman camp at Fairmilehead itself, though it is a famous “ghost” site in Scottish archaeology that…

https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/specials/hadrians-wall/divide-and-conquer-hadrians-wall-and-the-native-population.htm

Why did the Romans build Hadrian’s Wall, and how was it meant to work? David Breeze examines its design and…

There is one confirmed amphitheatre in Scotland, and two are possible. Many Roman forts had an oval enclosed area for…

There were no huge above-ground aqueducts in Scotland – the longest occupation during the 300 years of military action was…

Romans introduced many innovations to Scotland and many forts had a bathhouse attached. Cramond Fort had a large bathhouse attached…

Roman roads connected the forts, camps, ports and frontiers of Roman Scotland. They allowed soldiers, supplies, animals and messages to…

Roman Corstorphine: explore the local guide The wider evidence around Corstorphine Corstorphine lies close to Cramond, where the Roman army…

https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/06/rome-ruled-this-surprising-uk-city-not-bath-21725644/?ito=article.mweb.share.top.native

There were no huge above-ground aqueducts in Scotland — the longest occupation during the 300 years of military action was…

A small fort about which little is known. One piece of pottery with the stamp “asiasticus” has been found. This…

Visit Mumrills Roman Fort 📍 Location: Mumrills, Falkirk 👁 What survives: The fort itself is not strongly visible, but excavation…