The formidable sea-facing walls of #Roman Portchester (PORTVS ADVRNI) #Hampshire , a coastal fort built in the late 3rd century AD

📷 from the ground and later medieval castle keep, April 2024

A visit by Bournemouth Arch & Anth for #Roman FortThursday

Day 4 walking #HadriansWall with Thomas Warner. Continuing west from Steel Rig, we took in Turret 41a at Caw Gap, Great Chesters Fort, sections of particularly high wall and the early 14thc Thirlwall Castle, certainly not Roman but built from recyled Roman stone The Fire Fighters Charity

Ooh look, a nice unguarded Roman underfloor heating system 😋

Fishbourne Roman Palace #HypocaustGate

Totally blown away by the Legion exhibition at the British Museum congratulations to all involved in creating it

Apparently it should be #HillfortSWednesday ...

This photo was taken from Woden Law hillfort in the Borders as I began my walk along the Roman road known as Dere Street. You can see the line of the road running across the centre of the image, past the site of Pennymuir Roman camps and into the distance. #HillfortWednesday

Happy #WorldBookDay ! Explore Roman history with our Trimontium shop selection: 'Eagle and the Bear' by John H Reid, 'Slingers and Sling Bullets' by Professor Keppie, and 'A Roman Frontier Post and its People' by National Museums Scotland.

A building stone of the Twentieth Legion (Valeria Victrix), with the Legion’s wild boar emblem. The Legion was involved in the construction of Hadrian’s Wall. Now part of the collections at Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

Fragment of a rather sad looking female face from a mid 3rd century AD #Roman floor found Bignor Roman Villa West #Sussex

The outline portrait is probably meant to represent Spring, with at least one bird on her right shoulder and two more originally nearby

#MosaicMonday

The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Verulamium - the third largest town in Roman Britain, situated close to modern St. Albans. The mosaic is one of 49 discovered during excavations, and dates to around 150 AD. Currently on display at Verulamium Museum. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain 📸 My own

BU's Dr Miles Russell first visited Fishbourne Palace aged 7 on a school trip, after which he wrote a guide as homework. 50 years later he's been asked to write the new official guide. Find out more about the fascinating history of Fishbourne Palace here: ow.ly/rYNx50RgVCt

Spotted in Melrose last week, a plaque to the Curle brothers and George Macdonald, the 'Big Three' of Roman archaeology in Scotland in the early 20th century. If you ask me, we need to nominate a new 'Big Three' for the 21st century - but who to include...? Trimontium Trust

'Remarkable' Roman villa discovered at Grove housing site - bbc.com/news/av/uk-eng…

Other work by the Ladybird artists

‘Hadrian’s Wall’
Artist: Rowland Hilder

‘Duncan’s Gate’ - One of Colchester’s two remaining Roman gates which are still visible above ground. Excavated in the 1920s by Dr P M Duncan, the gate was one of six and dates to the late 1st century AD. #RomamSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Colchester 📸 My own.

Rockbourne Roman Villa's low stone walls was likely footings that would have supported a half-timbered superstructure, probably of only a single storey.

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanVilla #Rockbourne

Wall (Letocetum)

These are the baths and boarding house (mansio) at the British-Romano town of Letocetum (Wall), built for travellers making their way along Watling St.

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📷March
#Roman #Roman Britain #Roman SiteSaturday #Archaeology

Our fantastic stone finial in the museum is one of our largest objects on display. In architecture, a finial is a decorative ornament to empathize the roof. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #RomanVilla

The pupils from Goldenhill Primary School & GUARD Archaeology joined forces to give the Antonine Wall Base some TLC.

Head over to our LinkedIn article & find out how they ensured the site will still be here for future generations! 👇

#WorldHeritageDay

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Happy memories of my walk along Dere Street through the Scottish Borders. I am currently reliving that journey as I write a book about my adventures along the Roman road...coming (fairly) soon! #FingerpostFriday