06-03-2010, 04:07 PM
Hi again.
I have to agree (in part) with you all that the best military sites in the UK are Housesteads, Vindolanda and Chesters - but for imposing position I'd also add Hardknott castle (and parade ground) guarding the Hardknott and Wrynose passes in the Lake District. But I believe these pale when compared to Qasr B'Shir, surrounded by the Jordanian desert, in an excellent state of preservation and the only Roman fort in the world with its' dedicatory inscription still in place, and the colonia of Timgad in Algeria. I also have an affinity to Diocletian's Camp at Palmyra, Syria (particularly the Temple of the Standards).
Regards
I have to agree (in part) with you all that the best military sites in the UK are Housesteads, Vindolanda and Chesters - but for imposing position I'd also add Hardknott castle (and parade ground) guarding the Hardknott and Wrynose passes in the Lake District. But I believe these pale when compared to Qasr B'Shir, surrounded by the Jordanian desert, in an excellent state of preservation and the only Roman fort in the world with its' dedicatory inscription still in place, and the colonia of Timgad in Algeria. I also have an affinity to Diocletian's Camp at Palmyra, Syria (particularly the Temple of the Standards).
Regards
Oct (Geoff)
