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Inchtuthil

Near Caputh, Perthshire

An abandoned legionary fortress, where the Romans buried a million nails.

Inchtuthil was a huge legionary fortress built to hold the Highlands. It was abandoned before it was finished, as troops were pulled back.

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When
About AD 83–86
Where
56.5400, -3.4200
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

On private land near the River Tay. Little is visible above ground.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

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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