Location:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ecclefechan
- geo:55.093941,-3.280105
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Site of historic event
- invisible
Annotations
The Siege of Burnswark Hill in 140 AD was a one of the battles of the Roman Campaigns in the Caledonian Lowlands.
See:
- Antoninus Pius; Historia Augusta 5.3-5; Loeb Classical Library 1921
- Charles Freeman, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Oxford University Press 1999, p. 508.
- Tom Metcalfe, In Photos: 1,800-Year-Old Roman Battle Site, 2016 - https://www.livescience.com/55049-photos-ancient-roman-battle-sling-bullets.html
Relevant museums
The National Museum of Scotland has important displays of artefacts from the Eastern part of the Antonine Wall.
Nearby
The third and smallest Roman camp. Possibly a pen for Roman cavalry horses.
Burnswark Training Camp 1
Burnswark Hill Iron Age Hillfort.
