Tag: Camp
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Defending a Roman camp: tituli, claviculae and Stracathro-type gates
A guide to the earthworks protecting Roman camp entrances, and what their surviving forms can—and cannot—tell archaeologists.
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Why Roman armies returned to the same places
Overlapping camps and recut ditches reveal repeated Roman activity around roads, river crossings and military bases. They do not necessarily…
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Building the Antonine Wall: the soldiers’ construction camps
Small temporary camps beside the Antonine Wall help reveal its construction. Their sizes and layouts vary, and the evidence for…
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Dating Roman camps: Agricola, the Antonine advance or Severus?
How excavation, finds and scientific dating can distinguish a Roman camp from a securely dated campaign site—and why many camps…
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Roman camp sizes: what can they tell us about an army?
Camp areas reveal differences in Roman planning, but they cannot be converted directly into troop numbers. A guide to the…
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Roman marching camps with six gates
A Roman marching camp is often drawn with four gates, one on each side. That is a useful introduction to…
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Dunning Roman Camp: evidence of a second occupation
Excavations at Dunning in Perthshire revealed substantial Roman defences and evidence that a large force returned to use the camp…
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Inside a Roman marching camp
Imagine a Roman army somewhere in Scotland nearly 2,000 years ago. It has spent much of the day marching. Thousands…
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Roman Camps in Scotland
Their uses, sizes, layouts and dates Roman temporary camps survive across Scotland as earthworks, buried ditches and cropmarks. They record…
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The Lost Fairmilehead Roman Camp
There is no confirmed Roman camp at Fairmilehead itself, though it is a famous “ghost” site in Scottish archaeology that…
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Roman camps in Britain: the known unknowns
Rebecca Jones considers Roman camps as a subject of archaeological research.
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On the march: Roman camps in Scotland
Rebecca Jones explains how temporary camps contribute to research on the Roman army in Scotland.
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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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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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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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Black Hill Camp
The camps around Ardoch and Black Hill form part of a complex Roman military landscape. Overlapping enclosures and their relationships…
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New evidence uncovered for Roman conquest of Scotland – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
A Roman Marching Camp is found in Ayr with 26 ovens. Radiocarbon dating gives dates of AD 77-86 and AD…
