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Burnswark

Near Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway

A hillfort bombarded by Roman slingshots and catapults.

Burnswark is a flat-topped hill with an Iron Age fort, flanked by two Roman camps. Archaeologists have found hundreds of Roman lead sling bullets and catapult balls fired at the hilltop.

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When
About AD 140s
Where
55.0900, -3.2700
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

A hill walk from the farm road. Views across the Solway.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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