A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being pieced together using the remains of Roman missile weapons that were used in the attack. The excavations at ...

A new dig hopes to reveal more details of the siege of Burnswark The Scottish government has cleared the way for an archaelogical dig to shed more light on the story of a Roman siege of a British ...

A team of archaeologists has created the most precise reconstruction yet of a Roman siege on a British hillfort by using crime scene forensics. The eventual victory at Burnswark Hill in 140AD is ...

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LOCKERBIE locals rallied together this morning for the Walk for Peace march to mark the 30th anniversary of the bombing. Young people, farmers, religious leaders, and those who helped in the aftermath ...

Archaeologists working at an ancient Roman battlefield in Scotland have discovered a type of pierced sling-bullet that made a whistling sound when hurled at the enemy. These projectile weapons were ...

On a fortified hill in Scotland some 1,900 years ago, a Roman army attacked local warriors by hurling lead bullets from slings that had nearly the stopping power of a modern .44 magnum handgun, ...

The Scottish government has cleared the way for an archaelogical dig to shed more light on the story of a Roman siege of a British hillfort. The victory at Burnswark Hill near Lockerbie in 140AD is ...