Evidence Suggests Roman Camps at Burnswark Hill Were Used in a Real Assault

Evidence suggests Roman camps at Burnswark Hill were used in a real assault

Fresh evidence is shedding new light on one of Britain’s most debated Roman-era sites.

Fresh evidence of 2,000-year-old Roman assault on native stronghold revealed at Appleby talk

Lead sling bullets and stone artillery shot have helped an archaeologist make the case at an Appleby talk for a real Roman siege. Members and visitors at the latest meeting of Appleby Archaeology Group, held in the Supper Room above Appleby’s Market Hall, heard Dumfriesshire archaeologist Andrew Nicholson present findings from the ongoing Burnswark Project. […]