Trimontium: a key node in the Roman occupation of Scotland by Dr John Reid

Before 1697, Scotland's only Roman milestone was found near Cramond on the Forth. The ansate panel recorded the distance to Trimontium, the Roman name for the vexillation-sized fortress sited close to modern day Newstead in the Scottish Borders. The fort, lying on Dere Street, had been a major frontier fort and also a supply depot for the Antonine Wall, occupied until its destruction sometime in the reign of Commodus. This talk presents something of the enigmatic history of this important site and highlights its key role in the Roman invasion of the North.