“A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome”; Alain de Lille, 1175
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Thursday 28 September 2023 Dr. John Reid (Trimontium Trust); Trimontium: a key node in the Roman occupation of Scotland
Thursday 19 October 2023 Nick Hodgson (University of Durham); The End of the Ninth Legion in Britain
Thursday 16 November 2023 Andrew Nicholson; The Romans in SW Scotland: A Review.
Thursday 14 December 2023 Prof. Jim Crow (University of Edinburgh); High Rochester and Dere Street in Northumberland: the Road to the North
Thursday 11 January 2024 Paddy Lambert (Oxford Archaeology); Roads and Industry: Navigating the Priors Hall Roman Villa
Thursday 25 January 2024 Lindsay Allason-
Thursday 22 February 2024 Prof. Ray Laurence (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia); Title T.B.C.
Thursday 28 March 2024 Keith Abbott; Roman Roads of West Berkshire: Locating the Intersection of the Road to Bath (RR53) with Ermin Street (RR41)
The end of the Ninth Legion in Britain
A Typical Assemblage?
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Road Construction and Transport Infrastructure in the Roman Empire -
Thursday 22 February, 2024 -
Prof. Ray Laurence
The famous Ninth legion disappeared from history some time between its last dated appearance (in Britain, AD 107-
Roads and Industry: Navigating the Priors Hall Roman Villa
Thursday 11 January, 2024
Paddy Lambert
The Romans in SW Scotland: A Review.
Thursday 16 November, 2023
Andrew Nicholson
An examination of maps of SW Scotland in the Roman period in recent publications indicates that most are a couple of decades out of date. Archaeological fieldwork, research, metal-
Between 2019 and 2021, a team from Oxford Archaeology completed an excavation over 4.25ha of a Romano-
The team revealed an exciting array of features connected with the life cycle of the villa, from its beginnings as an Iron Age village, through the construction of two Roman roads to serve it and associated iron-
and the whole story can be traced along its Roman roads. This talk will journey along the spectacular results of the excavations, highlighting the rare and important example of an excavated stretch of extremely well-
A section across the main road looking north.
The south face of Burnswark hillfort, showing one of the Roman camps
Dere Street was the Roman Great North Road, this talk will concern the forts of Risingham and High Rocherster, the outposts of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, other forts and camps and the road itself and the link road to the Devil's Causeway. Geophysical surveys in the 1990 and 2000s has been complemented by recent community excavations to reveal greater complextity of the forts and their surroundings.
High Rochester and Dere Street in Northumberland: the Road to the North
Thursday 14 December, 2023
Prof. Jim Crow
Building inscription of the 9th Legion from York
We are pleased to announce another outstanding list of speakers for our fourth season. As usual, all talks are online, open to the public and free of charge, although donations towards running costs are always welcomed. Booking can be made through Eventbrite, with links posted on this page as they become available. Talks will be recorded and made viewable after the event on YouTube.
Roman Roads of West Berkshire: Locating the intersection of the road to Bath (RR53) with Ermin Street (RR41)
Thursday 28 March, 2024
Keith Abbott
Currently studying for a MA in Archaeology at the University of Reading, Keith has been leading a project to research the archaeology of Roman West Berkshire and in particular the area around Wickham with colleagues from the Berkshire Archaeological Society. To date four extensive geophys surveys have been undertaken to better understand the route taken by the Roman Road to Bath (Margary 53) eastwards from its last known location towards its intersection with Ermin Street (Margary 41), and also to explore possible Romano-
Thursday 25 January, 2024
Lindsay Allason-
Roman roads cut across landscapes heading towards sites or by-
This talk looks at the finds that might be discovered in a Roman fort and on a Romano-
Gold coin of Hadrian
The archaeology of road construction in Roman Britain rightly has a focus on the documentation of evidence, and we need to recognise how the actions of road building after 43 CE shaped the structure of England and to some extent Wales. This paper sets out to use the evidence for road building within Italy with a view to setting out what might have been the thinking of the Roman elite about communications, and how they may have seen the place of roads in the ideological structure of Rome's colonial project. The intention is not to explain everything in one lecture, but to think about how we should see their pre-
Trimontium: a key node in the Roman occupation of Scotland
Thursday 28 September, 2023
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-
Artist’s impression of Trimontium
The re-
Roman Road to Bath (RR53) at Stibbs Wood near Hungerford Newtown
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The Military Roads of Scotland
Thursday 25 April, 2024
John Poulter
There will be lots of photographs of the Military Roads in Scotland, largely as built in the 1700s under General Wade and his successor, as Inspector of Roads, Major Caulfeild. A comparison will be made with Roman Roads, which were planned and constructed quite differently, albeit with similar purposes for their existence. The historical background will also be presented, along with the subsequent history of the Military Roads, and consideration will also be given to the personalities involved -
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