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Kevin Wilbraham
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Tombstone fragment depicts three Roman legionnaires. The fragment was found at Croy Hill on the Antonine Wall, and is now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanScotland
October 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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The carved head of a Romano-Celtic deity, probably associated with Bertha Roman Fort in Perth. The head may be that of Cernunnos, the Celtic god beasts and wild places. Part of the collections at Perth Museum 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #PerthMuseum
September 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM Everybody can reply
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Trimontium Trust & Museum
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Sandstone relief of #Jupiter Dolichenus & #Juno Dolichena from a ditch outside the Roman fort of Croy Hill. Jupiter holds a double axe & thunderbolt over a bull, Juno a sceptre & wreath over a cow. Popular with Roman soldiers on the #AntonineWall . 

#RomanScotland #CroyHill #RomanReligion
Image of a sandstone relief depicting Jupiter Dolichenus and Juno Dolichena with their attributes over a bull and cow and detail. Also aerial image of Antonine Wall at Croy Hill Image of a sandstone relief depicting Jupiter Dolichenus and Juno Dolichena with their attributes over a bull and cow and detail. Also aerial image of Antonine Wall at Croy Hill Image of a sandstone relief depicting Jupiter Dolichenus and Juno Dolichena with their attributes over a bull and cow and detail. Also aerial image of Antonine Wall at Croy Hill
September 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM Everybody can reply
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This Is My Glasgow
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Any archaeologists/historians want to weigh in on whether this linear feature is, indeed, the northern end of the Roman ford?

#glasgow #dumbarton #dumbuck #romans #romanscotland #scottishhistory #archaeology #scottisharchaeology
July 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM Everybody can reply
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Trimontium Trust & Museum
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Now on display: a 1st-century clay oil lamp showing a Hoplomachus and a Thraex in the heat of gladiatorial battle. From Augsburg to Melrose — a Roman story in miniature. 🏺 Part of our new 2025 exhibits. 

#Trimontium #RomanScotland #Gladiators #MuseumCollection #AncientRome
Clay lamp depicting two gladiators in battle
June 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM Everybody can reply
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Divit (Inverkeithing)
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The last remaining section of the old, Roman city walls that once protected #Divit. The 19th century addition can be seen in the top section where previously Roman sentries would have patrolled. #romanscotland #roman #history #inverkeithing #fife
November 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM Everybody can reply
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Brittunculus
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The right-hand panel shows a 'suovetaurilia', the sacrifice of a boar, a ram and a bull to ritually cleanse land or an army. It may echo a real ceremony which took place to purify the site of the Wall or the legionaries constructing it. (3/3)
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The toga-clad man pouring a libation on the altar is probably the commander of the legion, A. Claudius Charax. Their normal base was Caerleon in Wales. Photo (c) National Museums of Scotland
May 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann
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RIB3515. It was found 1958 in the bed of the Almond below the Roman Fort of Bertha, north of Perth. It is now in #Perth and this was it on display there in 2019. It is a dedication to the Discip(u)lina Augusti most likely from Antonine #Bertha fort.
#RomanScotland #archaeology #RomanArmy #gaskridge
September 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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The southern ramparts of Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #AntonineWall
July 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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Remains of the Roman bathhouse at Bearsden in East Dunbartonshire. The bathhouse was part of the fort which is no longer visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #RomanArchaeology #Bearsden
Remains of the Roman bathhouse at Bearsden in East Dunbartonshire.
March 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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The northern defences of Birrens (Blatobulgium) Roman Fort in Dumfriesshire - an outpost fort for Hadrian’s Wall. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Archaeology
January 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM Everybody can reply
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Trimontium Trust & Museum
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🏛️ This #VisitMuseumsMW , explore the Roman frontier at Trimontium Museum, Melrose!

See real artefacts, from armour to coins—& walk through the Roman fort in VR. A perfect mix of ancient history & cutting-edge tech.

#Trimontium #RomanScotland #MuseumWeek #VirtualReality #VisitMuseums
Collage of museum images: roman mask; interior of the museum; reenactors and VR; image of the Synton Hoard display; roman helmet; children and adult engaged in looking at the interactive table Collage of museum images: roman mask; interior of the museum; reenactors and VR; image of the Synton Hoard display; roman helmet; children and adult engaged in looking at the interactive table Collage of museum images: roman mask; interior of the museum; reenactors and VR; image of the Synton Hoard display; roman helmet; children and adult engaged in looking at the interactive table Collage of museum images: roman mask; interior of the museum; reenactors and VR; image of the Synton Hoard display; roman helmet; children and adult engaged in looking at the interactive table
June 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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The ‘Jewel of Antiquity’- a stone fragment from Balmuildy Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall naming Urbicus as Governor of Britain, and in doing so identifies and dates the wall. Part of the collections at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. 📸 My own #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanScotland
A stone fragment from Balmuildy Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall naming Urbicus as Governor of Britain.
April 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM Everybody can reply
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Trimontium Trust & Museum
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Over 30 Roman intaglios have been found at #Trimontium Fort in the #ScottishBorders—tiny engraved gems worn in rings, rich with myth & meaning.
Many were found by fieldwalkers like Walter Elliot, a founder of the Trust. Each one offers a glimpse into #Roman life.

#RomanIntaglio #RomanScotland
7 intaglios , 5 red, 2 orange, 2 blue. Carved with different motifs from mythology and one had the profile of Caracalla
July 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM Everybody can reply
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Trimontium Trust & Museum
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🛡️ #RomanFortThursday
Ardoch Fort near Braco has some of the best-preserved #Roman earthworks in Britain. Built around AD 80, likely for auxiliary troops (possibly cavalry), it was reused in the Antonine period. Aerial views show its impressive layout!

#RomanScotland #ArdochFort #TrimontiumTrust
July 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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Roman cavalry helmet cheek-piece with a hunting scene. On display at Trimontium Roman Museum, Melrose in the Scottish Borders. 📷 My own. #RomanScotland
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM Everybody can reply
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Jim
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@romanscotland.bsky.social @RomanScotland Apologies if this is a daft question, but I saw this today at Harburn estate (not far from Castle Greg fortlet) and wondered if it (head) was possibly re-purposed from somewhere, rather than Victorian "tat"? Thank you.
Carved S stone head and bowl, built into wall of walled garden at Harburn estate, West Lothian, Scotland. Carved stone head and bowl, built into wall of walled garden at Harburn estate, West Lothian, Scotland.
December 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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A wintery view of the remains of the Roman fort at Barr Hill on the Antonine Wall, near Twechar in East Dunbartonshire. The fort is the highest of the 16 known forts along the Antonine Wall. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Archaeology
January 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanScotland #Archaeology
December 21, 2024 at 7:27 AM Everybody can reply
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Festival of Europe Scotland
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Scotland's rich and deep roots with our European neighbours are evident all around us. A visit to the Trimontium Trust & Museum tangibly shares fascinating links going back over two thousand years. #RomanScotland #Trimontium
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#OnThisDay in AD 40: Gnaeus Julius Agricola was born. General & governor of Britannia

⚔️ Fought Boudicca’s revolt.
🏛️ Founded the fort at #Trimontium.
🛡️ Defeated the Caledonians at Mons Graupius.

His life was written by Tacitus.

A life that shaped Roman Scotland.

#RomanScotland #HistoryMatters
Map of Agricola's campaigns and statue of Agricola; painting including different historical figures; close up of an artefact with the name Agricola; aerial view of the Trimontium fort site
July 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM Everybody can reply
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RomanSites1
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The five ditches outside the east gate of #Ardoch #Roman Fort north of Stirling, result of successive reductions in size of previous forts: 1st Flavian (AD80s) then up to 3 Antonine forts (AD140/50s). The southern “anchor” of the Gask Ridge Frontier, is it the best site (5-stars) in #RomanScotland?
The impressive heather and grass-covered rampart and multiple banks and ditches outside the east gate under a sunny and cloudy sky. In the distance a line of trees and beyond them, very faintly, distant low hills.
January 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM Everybody can reply
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James Calbraith
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An outstanding detail on the Bridgeness Slab: the rite of suovetaurilia commemorating the finishing of this part of the Antonine Wall, and a tantalising glimpse of a Roman temple somewhere in Scotland

#archaeology #romanscotland
#bridgenessslab
December 8, 2024 at 7:50 AM Everybody can reply
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Trimontium Trust & Museum
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📣 Doors Open Day – Sun 7 Sept!
Free entry at #Trimontium Museum: gallery trail, craft a helmet, try replica armour & reduced-price VR.
Then head to Newstead Sundials Festival for music, food, activities, ballista demos & Roman fun!

#DoorsOpenDay #Melrose #Newstead #RomanScotland #ScottishBorders
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September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM Everybody can reply
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Kevin Wilbraham
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Remains of the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall - the only example of an Antonine Wall fortlet which is still visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Archaeology
February 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM Everybody can reply
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