Category: Sites & Frontiers
Forts, fortlets, camps, roads, frontiers, walls, watchtowers, built infrastructure, Roman towns.
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Mumrills Roman Fort
Visit Mumrills Roman Fort 📍 Location: Mumrills, Falkirk 👁 What survives: The fort itself is not strongly visible, but excavation…
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Trimontium and the Roman occupation of Scotland: John Reid
John Reid examines the strategic importance and complex history of Trimontium in the Scottish Borders.
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A Westerly Extension to Dere Street at Newbridge, Edinburgh
A paper submitted to Britannia reveals the discovery of a Roman Road at Newbridge. The construction is consistent with the…
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Kirkbride
on Cumbrian Coast Visit Kirkbride Kirkbride lies on the Cumbrian coastal frontier. The fort is an archaeological site rather than…
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Westerwood
Visit Westerwood Roman Fort 📍 Location: Westerwood, Cumbernauld 👁 What survives: Little of the fort is visible above ground, although…
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Kirkintilloch Roman Fort
Not much to see here as the town and a medieval fort have been built over what might have been…
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Old Kilpatrick Roman Fort
Visit Old Kilpatrick Roman Fort 📍 Location: Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire 👁 What survives: Very little of the fort is…
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Carlisle Roman Fort
72 AD Fort built of timber and the dating of trees confirms the date 105 AD fort dismantled 140 AD…
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The Stanegate Road
The Stanegate was an east–west Roman road linking Corbridge, on the River Tyne, with Carlisle. It ran south of the…
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Burgh by Sands Roman Fort
120 AD built Visit Burgh by Sands The fort lies beneath and around the village of Burgh by Sands. The…
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Brampton Old Church Roman Fort
110 AD built 130 AD abandoned Visit Brampton Old Church The fort occupies the area by Brampton Old Church. Use…
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Carvoran Roman Fort
80 AD, the Fort was built 136 AD outer stone wall added 367 AD abandoned (assumed) Visit Carvoran Carvoran is…
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Bertha Roman Fort
The fort sits on the River Tay where the River Almond joins it. There is thought to have been a…
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Cappuck Roman Fort
Visit Cappuck Roman Fort 📍 Location: Cappuck, near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders 👁 What survives: The fort is known…
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Ebchester Roman Fort
69 AD fort built 117 AD end of first occupation 150 AD reoccupied 367 AD deserted around this time Visit…
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Piercebridge Roman Fort
270 AD a fort with a double portal gateway was built 300 AD road resurfaced 350 AD south portal blocked…
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Strageath Roman Fort
Visit Strageath Roman Fort 📍 Location: Strageath, Perthshire 👁 What survives: The fort platform and subtle earthworks survive in the…
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Oakwood Roman Fort
Visit Oakwood Roman Fort 📍 Location: Oakwood, near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders 👁 What survives: Little is visible above…
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Bar Hill Roman Fort
Visit Bar Hill Roman Fort 📍 Location: Bar Hill, near Twechar, East Dunbartonshire 👁 What survives: Clear fort earthworks survive,…
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Peutinger Table – Ancient Roman Road Map
The Tabula Peutingeriana, also known as Peutinger’s Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an ancient Roman road map. It’s an illustrated…
