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Trimontium

Newstead, near Melrose

A Roman fort that gave up dazzling cavalry helmets.

Trimontium, named after the three peaks of the Eildon Hills, was a major Roman fort on Dere Street. Excavations from 1905 found pits full of objects, including magnificent cavalry parade helmets with face masks, now some of the finest Roman finds in Britain.

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When
AD 80s onwards
Where
55.6000, -2.6800
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

The Trimontium Museum is in Melrose. A walk visits the site.

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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