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does anyone have any information on the Romans being in stratchclyde. There is remians of a fort and bath house in Strathclyde park but theres not much other info. The park is around 20miles form the Antonine wall in cumbernauld.
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Do you mean Bothwellhaugh?
Its not really my period but I think the fort was in use while the Antonine wall was still garrisoned.
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Do you mean Bothwellhaugh?
Yip thats the one. Why where they there when they had built the Antoine wall? also the build the fort about 600 meteres(or so) from the river clyde, why not nake it on the river boundary? it seems like a more suitable place to me, more natural.
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Has the river moved over time?
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Ah sarcasm...why would it have moved over time?
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No sarcasm fhaggis. Rivers silt up over time and can change their course.
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Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.