A conflict reimagined: Creating a digital model of the Roman assault on Burnswark Hill

How do we best conceive the deep past? For some, bygone events can be brought alive through the medium of stories and detailed descriptions – for others, the process will be mostly visual, perhaps represented by maps, reconstruction drawings, replicas, and even re-enactments. This isn’t very surprising when you discover that neurodevelopmental scientists tell us that approximately one quarter of the population conceptualise mainly in words, about a third use predominantly visual thinking, and the remainder utilise a mixture of words and images. So, when the Trimontium Trust was looking for new ways to depict the complex events that took place during the Roman invasion of what is now m