Trimontium

DTM- (Digital Terrain Model, i.e. No buildings or foliage) After seeing a post by @trimontiumtrust about its amphitheatre I thought I'd have a look. What we have here first is a wide-field view of the area. This frame has two hillforts: Eildon Hill North (one of three hills visible from the Roman fort, 'trium montium', hence: Three Hills). I'll cover these in the next post. First actual written reference of the area (inferred) by Ptolemy in AD 150. Discovered by James Curle, who in 1905 wrote the definitive work on Roman frontier studies which was subsequently referenced across Europe. The amphitheatre shows itself as a dip in the ground that the road bends around on its path along the riverside (indicated). The attached 1st ED OS Map illustrates the finds recovered from the fields before proper excavations took place. The recovered Roman object caches (117 pits of Roman items) literally changed our outlook of Roman Britain early in the 20th Century. The site was occupied between 79AD to 184AD. It seems the site had a gruesome end (apart from being burnt to the ground as aerial photos of the soil testify) as many of the pits metal objects were found to be intermingled with human and animal remains which could be inferred as the Scottish clans slaughtering the Romans and burying everything Roman related they could find which wouldn't be found for nearly two thousand years... Iron Age tribal association (conjecture based on location): Selgovae (Scheduled Monument) (info & text from Trimontium museum website and www.thepast.com feature on the site)