Traprain Law

Traprain Law is a Hill Fort or Oppidum located at Haddington, 20 miles (32km) east of Edinburgh in Scotland.
It was the capital of the Votadini and consisted of hundreds of roundhouses.

The Votadini were a Celtic Tribe who lived between Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall (c.138-c.408 CE) and had their capital at Traprain Law.
In 142 CE The Frontier was moved up from Hadrian's Wall to the Antonine Wall, which was built between 138-142 CE. This area then became a Roman Province for twenty years.
In 162 CE, the Antonine Wall was decommissioned, and the Frontier returned to Hadrian's Wall.
Between 162-c.408 CE, the Votadini are thought to have been a Roman Client Kingdom until the Romans left Britannia in c.408 CE.
They continued as an independent kingdom until invaded by the Angles in c.600 CE.

The Taprain Treasure was discovered in 1919 whilst excavating Traprain Law, and is one of the largest Roman Hoards found outside the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
It consists of 160 pieces of Roman Silver Plate weighing 21 kgs (770 oz) and cut up into small pieces. Four coins of the Emperors Valens 364-378 CE Arcadius 395-408 CE and Honorius 395-423 CE date the Find to the final decades of the Roman occupation of Britannia.
The Silver may have been war booty from raids below Hadrian's Wall, or payment received for protecting the southern Provinces from sea-borne raids after the Roman Legions left in 408 CE.

Taprain Law