Roman roads in Dumfries at a glance
Dumfries, in Scotland, has about 89.9 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 8 segments. None of it is classed as certain: almost all of it is conjectured, so the line on the map is a best estimate of the course rather than a surveyed route. None of the roads here has a well-known name in the data, so the map shows unnamed Roman roads only. 6 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 89.9 kmof Roman road
- 8segments
- 0named roads
- 6Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 89.9 | 100% |
| Hypothetical | 0 | 0% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Roman places in Dumfries
6 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Ladyward Roman Fort
- Blatobulgium
- Dalswinton
- Drumlanrig
- Durisdeer
- Tassiesholm
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Dumfries boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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Nearby areas with Roman roads
- Lanarkshire (121 km)
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- Midlothian (31.7 km)
- Tweeddale (27.5 km)
- City of Edinburgh (11.1 km)