Housesteads

archaeological site, Scotland, United Kingdom
Also known as: Vercovicium

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Roman rule in Scotland

  • Scotland
    In Scotland: Roman penetration

    At Housesteads, at about the midpoint of Hadrian’s Wall, archaeologists have uncovered a market where northern natives exchanged cattle and hides for Roman products; in this way some Roman wares, and possibly more general cultural influences, found their way north, but the scale of this commerce…

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