Category: Sites & Frontiers
Forts, fortlets, camps, roads, frontiers, walls, watchtowers, built infrastructure, Roman towns.
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Roman Road Resources Scotland
Welcome to the home page of the Roman Roads Research Association, Britain’s first national organisation dedicated to the study of…
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Building a Roman fortress wall: a reconstruction
Watch re-enactors demonstrate the construction of a Roman military ditch and wall.
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DISCOVERING THE ANTONINE WALL DISTANCE STONES
READING THE WRITING ON THE WALL: DISCOVERING NEW DIMENSIONS TO THE ANTONINE WALL DISTANCE STONES by Louisa Campbell University of…
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Segedunum Roman Fort – Newcastle
Segedunum stands at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall beside the River Tyne. The museum and excavated fort provide one…
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Arbeia South Shields Roman Fort
Arbeia guarded the mouth of the River Tyne and became an important supply base for Hadrian’s Wall. Its museum, excavated…
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Carpow
Carpow was a large fortress, covering 11 ha (27.5 acres) on the banks of the Tay near Abernethy. It was…
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Fendoch Roman Fort
At the entrance to the Sma’ Glen, Fendoch Roman Fort occupied a position where routes through the hills met the…
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Ardoch Roman Fort
Just north-east of Braco, Ardoch Roman Fort offers something rare in Scotland: Roman defences that still make an immediate impression…
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The Antonine Wall: a tour of the surviving sites
Travel along the Antonine Wall through a filmed tour of its earthworks, forts, bathhouse and museum collections.
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Burnswark: a BBC film clip
A clip from Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier focuses on the Roman military remains at Burnswark.
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Inchtuthil: a BBC fortress reconstruction
A BBC animation helps viewers imagine the scale of the legionary fortress at Inchtuthil.
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Roman Fort – Ancient History Encyclopedia
Description of a Roman Fort. In Wallsend a fort had 480 legionaries and 120 cavalry which gives you an…
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Arthur’s O’on – Falkirk Local History Society
The building is unique. It was definitely a temple, since a bronze finger from the cult statue was found…
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When Was the Antonine Wall Built and How Did the Romans Maintain It? | History Hit
Source: When Was the Antonine Wall Built and How Did the Romans Maintain It? | History Hit
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8 Roman Auxilliary Units That Served on the Antonine Wall | History Hit
Syrian archers, Bulgarian cavalry, Belgium and Netherlands infantry, French and Spanish all served on the Antonine wall. Source: 8 Roman…
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THE ROMAN ROAD EAST OF CASTLEDYKES, LANARKSHIRE on JSTOR
The main point of interest from this study is the fact that there are two Roman roads – an older…
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Black Hill Camp
Flavian period temporary camp. Emperor Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla led an army of over 30,000 men north of…
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Inchtuthil:Rome’s Legionary Fortress at the Edge of the Highlands
On a broad plateau above the north bank of the River Tay, near Caputh and Murthly in Perthshire, lie the…
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BBC Two – Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier, Inchtuthil – animation
This legionary fortress was the northern advance HQ for the force led into Scotland. Source: BBC Two – Scotland: Rome’s…
