This Is My GlasgowApr 12, 2025

There are a huge number of historical sites within easy striking distance of Glasgow, ranging from neolithic tombs to the site of the last siege of a castle in Britain (Stirling Castle in 1746). However, these are amongst my favourites. They're lilia, which are packs of large defensive pits dug by the Romans in front of Rough Castle Fort on the Antonine Wall around AD 140.

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The pits, each about 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 feet deep, would have been filled by vertical stakes, sharpened to a point, waiting to impale anyone who stumbled into them. They're pretty much unqiue to the Roman presence in Scotland and highlight how threatened the Romans felt on this far northern edge of their empire.

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Show threadStewart RussellApr 12, 2025
@thisismyglasgow Bonnybridge Young Team have been feared through millennia
Show threadDavidApr 12, 2025
@scruss @thisismyglasgow My mum is from Bonnybridge. Can confirm.
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@scruss Isn't Bonnybridge also the UFO sighting capital of the world?
Show threadStewart RussellApr 12, 2025
@thisismyglasgow out by the canal, with enough Buckfast, you'll swear you've seen everything
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@scruss 👍😀