Behold! A wondrous discovery has been made in West Dunbartonshire in Scotland. Amidst the rugged Scottish terrain, a lost Roman ‘fortlet’ has been identified on the mighty Antonine Wall, that stood as a sentinel of power and might in the battles against rebellious Scottish tribes.
Commanded by Emperor Claudius, the Roman army arrived in Scotland in 43 AD. Facing fierce resistance from native tribes, including the Caledonians, the Romans built the Antonine Wall in 142 AD to mark the north-western boundary of their empire. And to defend their wall, the Romans built a series of forts, and fortlets.
Now, with high-tech help from ‘gradiometry’, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced the discovery of a lost Roman fortlet, after a series of attempts failed to find it in the 1970s and 1980s.
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