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Burnswark Training Camp 1

Surroundings:

Burnswark Hill

Burnswark Hill

Hundreds of Roman slings found during the excavations

Burnswark Training Camp 2

Iron Age Settlement

Western edge of Blatobulgium Roman Fort

Centurial stone

Inscription (Latin) of the centurial stone, explanation

BLATOBULGIUM

Broadlea Temporary Camp

Eaglesfield

Battle between Julius Agricola and Corbredus Galdus.

Dryfesdale

Temporary camp

Location:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ecclefechan
geo:55.094795,-3.272987
Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

Temporary camp
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=12147

Annotations

Training camps on either side of an earlier iron age enclosure.

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/72885/details/burnswark+roman+siegeworks/

http://roman-britain.co.uk/places/burnswark.htm

http://www.scottishheritagehub.com/content/case-study-burnswark

Relevant museums

National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland has important displays of artefacts from the Eastern part of the Antonine Wall.

Nearby

Burnswark Hill

Burnswark Hill Iron Age Hillfort.

Burnswark Hill

The third and smallest Roman camp. Possibly a pen for Roman cavalry horses.

Earthwork

Earthwork