Burnswark Hill is a roman fort in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
What follows is drawn from published sources, with each claim labelled by how firmly it is established.
Plan your visit
- Location
- 55.0969°N · 3.2761°W
- Access
- Open access
- Terrain
- Moderate walking
Nearby places
Fortified place · Iron Age
Burnswark Hillfort and Roman Siege Camps
Dumfries and Galloway
An Iron Age hillfort enclosing some 7 hectares sat on the flat-topped basalt hill, alongside Iron Age roundhouses, an earlier Bronze Age burial cai…
- Near Ecclefechan
- 1.9 km from car park
- Some walking
Fortified place · Roman
Birrens Roman Fort
Dumfries and Galloway
Several Roman camps lie near Birrens, at least one first occupied in the Flavian period from AD 79, probably during the Agricolan campaigns, when i…
- Near Middlebie
- 14 min walk from car park
- Some walking
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