Edinburgh

• Edinburgh is a port and the capital city of Scotland located on the Firth of Forth.
• The Romans knew it as Edinensis or Aneda which was located near the eastern end of the Antonine Wall.

Antonine Wall

• Edinburgh lies on the route of a Roman Frontier consisting of a turf and stone embankment known as the Antonine Wall (c.142 CE) which ran east west from the Clyde to the Forth, which passes through and ends near Edinburgh.

The Roman Sites

• Cramond Roman Fort (140 CE)
• Antonine Wall (138-142 CE)

Museums

• National Museum of Scotland
  • The Traprain Treasure and Cramond Lioness are held here.

Roman Roads

• Dere Street
  • This road connected the Antonine Wall with Hadrian's Wall and York.
• A ‘Military Way’
  • This road linked all the Forts behind the Antonine Wall and was similar to the Military Way behind Hadrian’s Wall.

Nearby Sites

• Traprain Law
  • Traprain Treasure
• Trimontium
• Glasgow
• Inchtuthil Legionary Fortress
• The Highland Line

Cramond Roman Fort