Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Inchtuthil Roman Fortress on History visit and trip to Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Inchtuthil is the site of a Roman legionary fortress situated on a natural platform overlooking the north bank of the River Tay, It was built in AD 82 or 83 as the advance headquarters for the forces of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in his campaign against the Caledonian tribes. Positioned at the head of one of the main routes in and out of the Scottish Highlands, it was occupied by Legion XX Valeria Victrix and covered a total area of 53 acres. Construction of the large fortress would have taken two or three seasons and a temporary camp was built nearby to house and protect the soldiers over the winter. Additional, smaller forts were built further north and south at the mouth of each nearby glen forming what are now referred to as the Glenblocker forts. Unlike other legionary fortresses in Britain, Inchtuthil was not later built over and its layout was still largely preserved. The legion it accommodated would have numbered 5,400 at full strength, though there would have been additional specialist troops accompanying them. Inchtuthil may have been only briefly occupied and was evacuated around summer AD 86 and certainly no later than early in AD 87. The reason for this was probably that Legio II Adiutrix had been called to Moesia from its base in Deva Victrix, Chester, England, to deal with a Dacian invasion in 86 and XX Valeria Victrix was obliged to move back south to take its place. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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