Elginhaugh

Elginhaugh Roman Fort was an Ancient Roman fort of the 1st century AD, located in Midlothian, Scotland.

Elginhaugh is the most completely excavated timber-built auxiliary fort in the Roman Empire.fact|date=June 2008 The site of the Flavian (1st century) fort lies 1km to the West of the modern town of Dalkeith, to the south-east of Edinburgh. The fort, discovered in 1979 from aerial reconnaissance, takes its name from the nearby hamlet of Elginhaugh.

The primary role of the fort was to guard the nearby ford where Dere Street, a vitally important north-south Roman route, crossed the river North Esk, a tributary of the River Esk, Lothian. The fort’s occupation has, through excavation, been closely dated to AD 79-87. The fort, along with its large civilian annexe, was fully excavated during 1986-87 by Dr William Hanson, Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

References

*William S Hanson (2007) "A Roman Frontier Fort in Scotland: Elginhaugh" Gardners Books. ISBN 0752441132
*William S Hanson (2007) "Elginhaugh: A Flavian Fort and Its Annexe" Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. ISBN 0907764347
*Gordon Maxwell (1998) "A Gathering of Eagles: Scenes from Roman Scotland" Canongate Books/Historic Scotland. ISBN 1 84158 384 7