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ROMAN FRONTIERS Aims: To overview the Roman frontiers in North Britain. To examine the Gask Ridge.

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1 ROMAN FRONTIERS Aims: To overview the Roman frontiers in North Britain. To examine the Gask Ridge.

2 ROME’S FRONTIERS IN NORTHERN BRITAIN
THE GASK RIDGE Flavian era (c AD) Prototype? – possibly the earliest frontier system in the Roman Empire From Glenbank near Dunblane to Bertha near Perth (37km) Series of “Glen blocking” forts to north System of forts, fortlets and watchtowers along a Roman road between the Forth and the Tay Separated the Highlands from the fertile Eastern Lowlands and Fife Abandoned c AD

3 HADRIAN’S WALL Constructed under Emperor Hadrian, 122-30 AD
Built across the Tyne-Solway isthmus, from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend on the Tyne Built “to separate the Romans and barbarians” Stone wall, ditch and vallum 80 Roman miles (73 Imperial miles)

4 THE ANTONINE WALL Constructed under Emperor Antoninus Pius between 142 and 144/5 AD From Old Kilpatrick on the Clyde to Bridgeness/Carriden on the Forth 37 miles across the Forth-Clyde isthmus Turf on a stone base Abandoned c.163 AD, shortly after Antoninus’ death

5 THE FLAVIAN INVASION OF SCOTLAND

6 THE GASK RIDGE

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8 Gask Ridge watchtowers – Kirkhill, Roundlaw, Muir o’Fauld
Garrisoned by a contubernium of 8 men Stretched out along road, less than 1 mile apart

9 Roman watchtowers on the German limes/frontier – from Trajan’s column, Rome
Reconstruction of Roman watchtower in the Netherlands

10 Artist’s impression of watchtower at Muir o’Fauld

11 Fortlets Held around 50-80 auxiliaries (a century)
e.g. Kaims Castle, Midgate

12 Forts Held a cohort or double-cohort (500-1,000 men)
Gask Ridge – e.g. Ardoch, Doune, Strageath, Bertha “Glen blockers” – e.g. Bochastle, Dalginross, Fendoch

13 Legionary Fortress – Inchtuthil, Perth & Kinross
Inchtuthil in Perth and Kinross was built in the mid 80s It was built to accommodate an entire legion – the XX Valeria Victrix 10 times the size of London’s Olympic Stadium 64 barrack buildings housing around 5,000 troops Suggests permanent conquest was intended at this time – base for invasion of Highlands? Abandoned incomplete c.86/7 AD Buildings were dismantled and 750,000 iron nails were buried

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