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The Antonine Wall (Latin: Vallum Antonini) was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, ...
Bar Hill Fort was one of over a dozen forts built along the Antonine Wall from around 140 AD. These follow a short route across Scotland’s central belt which was largely followed in the 18th century when constructing the Forth and Clyde canal. [29] On the south-facing slope of the hill is the headquarters; it is the biggest building that can ...
English: OS Map of the Antonine Wall, in Southern Scotland, at a scale of 1:25,000 or about 2.5 inches to one mile. Date: 31 December 1969: Source: Scan of original ...
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Mumrills was the site of the largest Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. [1] It is possible that Mumrills could exchange signals with Flavian Gask Ridge forts. [2] Some believe Mumrills may have been the site of Wallace's defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. [3] The farm at Mumrills was also used as an early site for the Falkirk Relief ...
The Bridgeness Slab is a Roman distance slab created around 142 CE marking a portion of the Antonine Wall built by the Second Legion. [1] It is regarded as the most detailed and best preserved of the Scottish distance slabs. [2] The sandstone tablet was found at Bridgeness in Bo'ness, Scotland in 1868 on a promontory close to Harbour Road. [3]
Cleddans is the site of a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. [2] Its postulated existence was confirmed by trial trenching in 1979. Evidence of building work on Cleddans and on the Wall by units of both the sixth and the twentieth legions has been found in the area.
Auchendavy was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. [2] Much of the site archeology was destroyed by the builders of the Forth and Clyde Canal. [3] Between Bar Hill and Balmuildy the wall roughly follows the southern bank of the River Kelvin. [4] The site of the fort is north of Kirkintilloch's northern border. [5]