Roman Roads in Scotland
The Romans built straight roads wherever they went and many of today’s main roads are built over the roads the Romans built.
Further Information
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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 Roman roads at Cramond and Inveresk but also unusual in that it had kerb stones. References A Westerly Extension to Dere Street at Newbridge, Edinburgh Source: Britannia , 2014, Vol. 45 (2014), pp. 275-279
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Dere Street Roman Road | Historic Environment Scotland | HES
Walk in the footsteps of Roman soldiers on the empire’s main road through the south of Scotland. Source: Dere Street Roman Road | Historic Environment Scotland | HES
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Digital Atlas Roman and Medieval Civilisations
The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations is an excellent site that lets you search for towns, villas mines, aqueducts or whatever you want. Click “layers” to select your options.
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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 itinerarium that shows the layout of the cursus publicus, which was the official road network of the Roman Empire. Dating from around 1200, this parchment copy is based on a Late Antique original. The map…
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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 Roman Roads Source: RESOURCES Scotland
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Roman Road, Nine Mile Burn (C) Richard Webb :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Source: Roman Road, Nine Mile Burn (C) Richard Webb :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
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Roman Roads of Scotland
The Romans built roads to help move troops around Scotland as well as occupy the soldiers stationed here as they spent most of their time not fighting. An interactive map showing forts and roads can be found here ( roads are faint red line – you need to zoom in) https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Nca047ew5UeUsgIvZpCIa9fGiJOJb7w&usp=sharing describe how built name…
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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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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 less well engineered original and then a newer road on top. This might reflect the fact that there were 3 military campaigns in Scotland over the 300 years and the need for quality roads. The…
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The Stanegate Road
This road was built by Agricola linking up various forts in the Tyne valley near where Hadrian’s Wall would later be built. Related Posts References
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Trimontium: a key node in the Roman occupation of Scotland by Dr John Reid
This is a video published by the Roman Roads Research Association. They have a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/@romanroadsresearchassociat5255
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Walking Britains Roman Roads – Dere Street
Channel 5 program https://www.my5.tv/walking-britain-s-roman-roads/season-1/walking-britain-s-roman-roads
