Blatobulgium
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fort in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Birrens”, “Birrens Roman Fort”, “Blatum Bulgium”, and “Castrum Blatobulgium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Purdomstone Reservoir and Wyseby House.
Purdomstone Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purdomstone Reservoir is situated 1½ miles north of Blatobulgium.
Wyseby House
Building
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wyseby House is a building, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Blatobulgium.
Bonshaw Tower
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bonshaw Tower is an oblong tower house, probably dating from the mid-16th century, one mile south of Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, above the Kirtle Water. Bonshaw Tower is situated 2½ miles southeast of Blatobulgium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eaglesfield and Ecclefechan.
Eaglesfield
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eaglesfield is a village in south east Dumfriesshire in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Ecclefechan
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ecclefechan is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. The village is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle. Ecclefechan lies in the valley of the Mein Water, a tributary of the River Annan, 6+1⁄4 miles south of Lockerbie, five miles north of Annan and eight miles northwest of the English border. Ecclefechan is situated 1½ miles west of Blatobulgium.
Kirtlebridge
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirtlebridge is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. It is located 8 kilometres north-east of Annan, 5 kilometres north-west of Kirkpatrick-Fleming, and 1.5 kilometres south of Eaglesfield. Kirtlebridge is situated 1½ miles southeast of Blatobulgium.
Blatobulgium
- Categories: castrum, ancient Roman structure, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.06493° or 55° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.22443° or 3° 13′ 28″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
9C7R3Q7G+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 277488605OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Blatobulgium” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Blatobulgium”
- Bulgarian: “Биренс”
- Cebuano: “Birrens”
- Czech: “Birrens”
- Czech: “Blatobulgium”
- German: “Birrens Fort”
- German: “Blatobulgium”
- German: “Blatum Bulgium”
- German: “Kastell Birrens”
- German: “Kastell Blatobulgium”
- Italian: “Blato Bulgio”
- Italian: “Blatobulgio”
- Italian: “Blatobulgium”
- Latin: “Blatobulgium”
- Scots: “Blatobulgium”
- Swedish: “Blatobulgium”
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