Bearsden: The Story of a Roman Fort

David Breeze excavated Bearsden while working as an inspector of ancient monuments; he later served as Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland. He also led the team which successfully nominated the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site in 2008. David Breeze has excavated on both Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall and written several books on these frontiers, on frontiers elsewhere in the Roman Empire and on the Roman army. He has served as Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier and President of several archaeological societies.

• Preface; Finding the fort; Building the fort; Life in the fort; Bathing at Bearsden; Protecting the empire; Reconstructing Bearsden; The end – and the future

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