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142AD 142–c. 165 · Central Scotland, Forth to Clyde

Antonine Wall

The deep grassy ditch in front of the Antonine Wall at Rough Castle, near Falkirk
Photo: Rosser1954. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Emperor Antoninus Pius ordered a new frontier north of Hadrian's Wall, running 63 km across Scotland's narrow waist from the Forth to the Clyde. Soldiers built a turf rampart on a stone base with a deep ditch and forts along its line, recording their work on carved distance slabs. Within about twenty years the army pulled back to Hadrian's Wall.

Sites

  1. Site 1: Rough Castle Roman fort, FalkirkWell-preserved rampart and ditch, with pits dug as traps in front.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Bearsden Roman Bath HouseFoundations of a fort's bathhouse and latrine in a suburban street.Map ↗
  3. Site 3: Hunterian Museum, University of GlasgowDistance slabs and altars recovered from the wall.Map ↗

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