Category: Sites & Frontiers
Forts, fortlets, camps, roads, frontiers, walls, watchtowers, built infrastructure, Roman towns.
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Torres Brigantium ( Tower of Hercules)
In the History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) 858 AD by Nennius it is said the people of Scotland came from…
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Agricola Fort Chronology 80 AD
I have reviewed every Roman fort listed on Canmore, Scotland’s Official History Database, and used the rough dating from that…
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Arthurs Oven – Roman Temple
The largest surviving Roman Temple in Scotland stood above the River Carron for 1500 years until a landowner (Sir Michael…
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Elginhaugh Roman Fort
This fort for a mounted auxiliary unit of around 500 men was built in timber around 79 or 80 AD…
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Cadder Roman Fort
This fort is easily reached by a tarmac canal walk from Kirkintilloch (I cycled but some walking required). I was…
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Scotland’s Most Fascinating Roman Sites
This article list the top 10 Roman sites to see in Scotland. I was surprised not to see Cramond Fort.…
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Roman Forts in Scotland – Layout and Buildings
Here is a map of Roman forts in Scotland, and you can find the one closest to you. Foundations and…
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Rough Castle Fort
This fort is next to the Falkirk Wheel and is said to be the best one to visit on the…
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Antonine Wall videos on Vimeo
Browse the Antonine Wall’s Vimeo collection for recordings about the frontier.
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Did Agricola destroy a Caledonian metalworking site
A metal-working site uncovered in Moray may have helped arm Caledonian tribes against the Romans before being burned down by…
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Pitlochry Amphitheatre
Pitlochry has built Scotland’s newest amphitheatre. Tenuous Roman link but there it is. Have a look at what’s on at…
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Atlas of Hillforts in Britain and Ireland
The following site has an atlas of hill forts in the UK and in Scotland showing where hillforts might have…
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Severus Bridge in Scotland
The article Scotland’s Oldest Bridges describes the possible location of the Septimius Severus Bridge and gives access to a map-based…
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Hadrian’s Wall Roman refugee camp for Scots
Team finds hundreds of unusual round buildings likely to have housed natives seen as traitors by tribes in Scotland during…
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The Roman army in Perthshire: talk, questions and report
Choose Jim Walker’s lecture on its own or with the audience discussion.
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The Antonine Wall: Papers in Honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie
Archaeopress make this volume available via openaccess which means you can read it for free if for personal use. It’s…
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Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier (BBC)
Really good programme on Romans in Scotland and an excellent starter to everything else.
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The Roman military presence at Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire
An academic paper so heavy reading. One of the three largest forts in Scotland and a major base to prevent…
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Roman roads: new discoveries and changing maps
Three research presentations examine how new evidence is changing our understanding of Roman roads in Britain.
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Roman camps in Britain: the known unknowns
Rebecca Jones considers Roman camps as a subject of archaeological research.
