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Hunterian Museum , Glasgow
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In mid January, Valerie, Co and Nancy visited the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow to see the Romans in Scotland exhibition which deals with the presence of Romans in Scotland in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The focus is mainly on the Antonine wall frontier and the lives of the soldiers based in the forts along its length. The Wall was constructed of stacks of turf which were laid on a stone foundation. In front of the wall was a wide ditch. A road ran behind the wall and Forts were built which housed regiments of auxiliaries.
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| leather footwear |
Cremation Urn |
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Cartwheel from Newstead
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metal objects
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| Selection of arrow heads including a javelin or spear head and arrow heads for fire arrows |
Copper dixie, found at Bar Hill fort |
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leather covering for a shield
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decorative drain
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| A series of inscribed stone markers called distance slabs record the sections of wall completed by each of the three Legions (II, VI, and XX) stationed in Britain during its construction in AD 142-144. |
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| Distance Slab of Second Augustan legion who completed 4140 feet |
Distance Slab of Twentieth Legion from Hutcheson Hill , Bearsden |
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| An altar honouring the ‘Goddesses of the Paradeground’ -The inscription means “To the eternal field dieties of Britain, Quintus Pisentius Justus, Praefect of the 4th Cohort of the Gaullish Auxilliaries dedicates this his vow being most willing fulfilled.” |
Death mask of Bonnie Prince Charlie
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Roman Scotland exhibition
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Co outside the reconstructed Charles Rennie MacKintosh building
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The Hunterian Museum
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Nancy and Co
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| photos by co and valerie reilly |
last updated 20/03/04
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