Category: Sites & Frontiers
Forts, fortlets, camps, roads, frontiers, walls, watchtowers, built infrastructure, Roman towns.
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Roman Musselburgh – Inveresk Fort
On the high ground at Inveresk, above Musselburgh and the River Esk, stood a Roman fort with a civilian settlement…
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Watchtower duty on the Roman frontier
A live-action reconstruction imagines the experience of soldiers serving in a Roman frontier watchtower.
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Roman Tay Bridge
These appear to be the remains of a Roman bridge across the river Tay north of Perth next to the…
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Whitemoss Roman Fort
Whitemoss Roman Fort, 175m south west of Rosarymount is a Scheduled Monument in Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank, Renfrewshire,…
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Barochan Hill Fort
Excavation Report https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/gas.1996.20.20.41 Visit Barochan Hill Barochan Hill is near Houston, Renfrewshire. Use the archaeological record to locate the rural…
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Roman ports, forts and camps: Scotland’s waterways
Andrew Tibbs explores why Scotland’s coasts and rivers mattered to the Roman army’s first-century campaigns.
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Ayr Marching Camp Found in 2015
Excavation in 2015 at the Ayr Academy site revealed evidence interpreted as a Roman marching camp. The principal remains were…
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Ardoch Roman Fort: a guided video tour
Explore Ardoch’s remarkable earthworks with Tristan Hughes, Rebecca Jones and Andrew Tibbs.
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Bochastle Fort near Callendar
This fort is just outside Callendar, 9 miles from Doune Roman Fort to the southeast, and controls the Callander pass.…
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Maryport Roman Fort and Senhouse Museum
Maryport Roman Fort was built concurrently with Hadrian’s Wall and formed part of an extension of that frontier which guarded…
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Africans on the Antonine Wall? | Historic Environment Scotland
For Black History Month, explore some of the tantalising evidence for links between North Africa and the Antonine Wall, Scotland’s…
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The Summerston distance stone: a lecture by Louisa Campbell
Louisa Campbell introduces the Summerston distance stone and its modern replica at Lambhill Stables.
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Roman camps in Scotland: Rebecca Jones at Callander
Rebecca Jones examines the form and development of Roman camps, including Bochastle near Callander.
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Bar Hill and Rough Castle: a filmed visit
Explore two Antonine Wall forts through a visitor’s film with aerial footage.
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Hadrian’s Wall after Hadrian: did its purpose change?
David Breeze follows the changing use of Hadrian’s Wall through the centuries after its founder’s reign.
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How did Hadrian’s Wall work? A lecture by David Breeze
Why did the Romans build Hadrian’s Wall, and how was it meant to work? David Breeze examines its design and…
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The Antonine Wall Website
World Heritage Status was awarded to the Antonine Wall and collaboration between many local authorities and central bodies have produced…
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Roman Street Map : Scribble Maps
Interactive Roman Street Map which includes Scotland. Click link below. Source: Roman Street Map : Scribble Maps
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Caledonians to Picts – Cradle of Scotland
This site provides evidence of the native settlements during the time the Romans were on the Gask Ridge. Source: Caledonians…
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Roman Roads of Scotland
The Romans built roads to help move troops around Scotland as well as to occupy the soldiers stationed here, since…
