Web Resources

Much material about the Roman army in Scotland and elsewhere is available on the web. The following sites are all good value in themselves, and many provide links.

www.scran.ac.uk - The source from which the bulk of this site was created. Extensive holdings of good images, especially views of Roman and native sites from the collections of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, and Historic Scotland. It also includes a wide range of objects from the National Museum of Scotland.

www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/museums/romans - The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow has a good collection of finds from Roman sites in Scotland, including most of the Distance Slabs from the Antonine Wall.

www.morgue.demon.co.uk/Pages/Gask/index.html - The Roman Gask Project is currently investigating what is probably the earliest frontier system in the Roman world. The site includes useful topographical maps.

www.morgue.demon.co.uk/Britannia.html - A comprehensive site about the Roman army in Britain, which includes a gazetteer. Plenty of bibliographic references and general information. Good links.

www.trimontium.freeserve.co.uk - This local preservation society’s site on Roman Newstead is an excellent resource with useful links.

www.rcahms.gov.uk - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland holds the enormous resources of the National Monuments Record of Scotland. These can be accessed through their on-line database, CANMORE.

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk - Historic Scotland is the government agency responsible for the country’s protected archaeological sites and buildings. Its web site provides information about access to places in its care, and much supporting material.

www.bbc.co.uk/history and www.channel4.com/history - Both provide excellent background information for their archaeological and historical programmes (including past ones), with plenty of additional information and links.

Places and Museums to Visit

The location of objects shown on this site can be identified through SCRAN. Information about other museums and their collections, their opening times, and how to get to them, can be found on - www.24hourmuseum.org.uk

Information about places to visit can be found on the web sites listed above, and in Lawrence Keppie's book Scotland's Roman Remains, Edinburgh 1986.

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