Visit Oakwood Roman Fort
š Location: Oakwood, near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders
š What survives: Little is visible above ground; the fort is chiefly known from archaeological evidence.
ā Best for: Understanding the chain of Flavian forts through the Borders.
š„¾ Visit: A rural landscape stop with limited visible remains.
š Nearby Roman places: Newstead (Trimontium), Lyne and the Roman road network
Oakwood at a glance
| Occupation | Approximately AD 80ā100, with two structural phases in the HES account. |
| Garrison | The resident unit has not been securely identified in the evidence summarised here. |
| Size | About 3.5 acres (1.42 hectares) for the early fort; the roughly 0.5-hectare annexe is additional. |
| Troop estimate | About 500 is a plausible cohort-scale capacity, inferred from the enclosure rather than an attested local headcount. |
- 81 AD fort was built
- 101 AD fort abandoned
Inscriptions
No unit-identifying inscription is cited in this guide. That is a gap in the evidence presented, not a claim that no inscribed objects have ever been found.
References
Oakwood Roman Fort (Trove NRHE)
