Blatobulgium
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thumb|200px|right|A map of Roman sites in northern Britain , including Blatobulgium (marked as 'Birrens'). thumb|350px|Roman forts and roads in the north of England around AD 130 thumb|Plan of Blatobulgium thumb|200px|Western edge of the fort thumb|Birrens Lidar image
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Vinony's link graph records 231 inbound references to Blatobulgium, and connects out to Alauna, Scotland and Roman Empire.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including History of Dumfriesshire, Roman auxiliary forts in Scotland and Scheduled monuments in Dumfries and Galloway.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Hadrian's Wall
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Roman.Britain.north.84.jpg
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- historic county
- Dumfriesshire
- culture
- Roman Empire
- Commons category
- Blatobulgium
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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thumb|200px|right|A map of Roman sites in northern Britain , including Blatobulgium (marked as 'Birrens'). thumb|350px|Roman forts and roads in the north of England around AD 130 thumb|Plan of Blatobulgium thumb|200px|Western edge of the fort thumb|Birrens Lidar image
Blatobulgium was a Roman fort, located at the modern-day site known as Birrens, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It protected the main western road to Scotland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blatobulgium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations