2023-11-02 22:53:19
In the garden of a cottage in Stirling, Scotland, an ancient Roman road built about 2000 years ago appears. According to the BBC, the road was built by the army led by General Giulio Agricola and dates back to the 1st century AD.
The street emerged in the excavations in the garden of a private residence, the Old Inn Cottage, an ancient herdsmen’s inn built in 1600: a family now lives in the estate, surprised to say the least by the discovery. The road, it is hypothesized, would have been used by the Roman legions to invade the territories of present-day Scotland during the eras of the emperors Antoninus and Severus.
From the studies of the archaeologist Murray Cook, in fact, many of the historical figures who played a key role in Scottish and British history would have used that road for military campaigns, given its strategic importance for crossing the River Forth and reaching the Highlands, as well as the its proximity to Stirling, the former capital of Scotland.
“This cross would have been used by the Romans, the Vikings, William the Conqueror, Oliver Cromwell and every king and queen of Scots, including MacBeth, Kenneth McAlpin and Robert the Bruce,” Cook said, speaking to local Scottish newspapers, which described the discovery “the most important in Scottish history”. According to Cook “the road was no longer maintained when the Romans left, what we found is the eroded surface of the road”. Jennifer Ure, who lives in the cottage with her husband and two children, is surprised to say the least: “It’s amazing to think that the likes of William the Conqueror and King Henry VIII walked through where our garden is now – not many people they can say it.”
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