Agricola – Romans in Scotland

Doune Roman Fort – Guarding Rome’s Gateway to the Highlands

Standing on a natural plateau above the River Teith, the Roman fort at Doune occupies one of the most strategically…

The fort sits on the River Tay where the River Almond joins it. There is thought to have been a…

80 AD fort built 211 AD Headquarters of frontier Scouts and occupied by Cohors I Aelia Hispanorum 222 AD bath…

78 AD The fort was originally built 139 AD rebuilt in the Antonine period. 205 AD During the Severan period.…

Visit Birrens Roman Fort 📍 Location: Birrens, near Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway 👁 What survives: Earthworks and the fort platform…

Castlecary is securely an Antonine fort. Earlier finds have prompted discussion of an earlier occupation, but they do not by…

A metal-working site uncovered in Moray may have helped arm Caledonian tribes against the Romans before being burned down by…

The Romans invaded and occupied England in 43 AD, gradually expanding control and influence across the country. (See The Legions…

Agricola was the Roman general who first conquered Scotland around 75AD. His father-in-law Tacitus wrote a book detailing his battles…

A marching camp was discovered in 2015 in the grounds of Ayr Academy and near the Ayr Racecourse. The camp…

This fort is just outside Callendar, 9 miles from Doune Roman Fort to the southeast, and controls the Callander pass.…

The 20th “XX Valeria Victrix” Legion was stationed at Chester and was one of the four that invaded Britain in…

Agicola was born in Fréjus in the south of France and educated in Marseille. He was appointed consul and governor…

Follow a visual account of Agricola’s northern campaigns and the advance towards Mons Graupius.

This legion invaded Scotland with Agricola in 79 AD. It was raised initially in the Narbonne area of France and…

Just north-east of Braco, Ardoch Roman Fort offers something rare in Scotland: Roman defences that still make an immediate impression…

A Roman Marching Camp is found in Ayr with 26 ovens. Radiocarbon dating gives dates of AD 77-86 and AD…