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Burnswark Training Camp 2

Surroundings:

Burnswark Hill

Hundreds of Roman slings found during the excavations

Burnswark Training Camp 1

Burnswark Hill

Iron Age Settlement

Centurial stone

Inscription (Latin) of the centurial stone, explanation

BLATOBULGIUM

Western edge of Blatobulgium Roman Fort

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:55.099037,-3.279092
Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

Temporary camp
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=12148

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.

Earthwork

Earthwork

Siege of Burnswark Hill in 140 AD

Scotland - Roman Empire II century AD.