"History in
the making: a Roman
map… and an 18th-century hoax
In 1747, the
sensational
discovery of an ancient chronicle redrew the map of Roman
Britain and gave us
place names we still use today. There was only one problem. It
was a sham"
An edited extract in the Guardian, fromUnder Another
Sky: Journeys in Roman Britainby Charlotte Higgins,
published by Jonathan Cape, about the fake map of Roman
Britain produced by Charles Bertram and promoted by William
Stukeley.
Its fake toponymy, which caused William Roy so much trouble, gave us
the names for the Grampian and Pennine chains.