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Drumanagh

Near Loughshinny, County Dublin

Did the Romans have a base in Ireland?

Drumanagh is a large Iron Age promontory fort on the coast north of Dublin. Roman coins, brooches and pottery have been found here, leading some to suggest it was a Roman trading post or even a military base, which would mean the Romans set foot in Ireland.

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When
About AD 100
Where
53.5500, -6.0800
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

On private land, visible from the coast near Loughshinny.

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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