Bronze leg found in Scottish bog sheds new light on Roman occupation

November 12, 2026 · 12:01 am 1 sources

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• Bronze leg found in Scottish bog sheds new light on Roman occupation
  The Guardian · November 12, 2026 00:01
  Once thought to have been looted by Scottish tribes, the gilded limb is the centrepiece of a new exhibition on Roman Scotland in Edinburgh A large bronze leg found in a bog in rural Scotland more than 200 years ago and then hidden away in a duke’s storeroom is helping to rewrite the history of the…