Conflict in the Lake District: The Attack on Ambleside Roman Fort - Britannia 2026 By Manuel Fernández-Götz

https://www.academia.edu/169819442/Conflict_in_the_Lake_District_The_Attack_on_Ambleside_Roman_Fort_Britannia_2026?email_work_card=title Lead sling bullets (glandes) have been found for over a century at and around the Roman fort in Ambleside (Lake District). The glandes, together with the discovery of a remarkable inscription on a tombstone from the site, suggest the possibility of a conflict scenario. This article summarises the previous evidence and presents the results from a new research project that comprised two fieldwork campaigns (2021 and 2023) in the environs of the fort. The results confirm the hypothesis of a scatter of glandes to the north and east, which can be plausibly interpreted as the fort undergoing an external attack, during which the garrison troops defended themselves by shooting missiles outwards. ...