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Antonine Wall
Antonine Wall - Map Old Bearsden

Photographs and Information on the Antonine Wall

 in Bearsden and Milngavie

Antonine Wall in Bearsden

Antonine Wall in Bearsden





Antonine Wall in Bearsden

Antonine Wall in Bearsden





Antonine Wall in Bearsden

Antonine Wall in Bearsden





Antonine Wall in Bearsden

Antonine Wall in Bearsden




Map showing route of the Antonine Wall through Bearsden

Map showing route

of the 
Antonine Wall

through Bearsden






Sign board at the site of a Roman Fort on route of the Antonine Wall


Sign board

 at the site of a Roman Fort

 on route of the Antonine Wall 





Stone base of a Roman Fort on route of the Antonine Wall

Stone base of a Roman Fort

 on route of the Antonine Wall






Distance marker on the Antonine Wall

Distance marker stone

on the Antonine Wall




Distance marker on the Antonine Wall

Distance marker stone

on the Antonine Wall





Replica Distance marker in the Antonine Garden in Milngavie

Replica distance marker stone

in the Antonine Garden

in Milngavie




Antonine Garden in Milngavie

Antonine Garden in Milngavie




Antonine Garden in Milngavie

Antonine Garden in Milngavie





Antonine Wall - Map

Map of the Antonine Wall





Edge of Empire - Scotland's Roman Frontier

Edge of Empire - Scotland's Roman Frontier

The Antonine Wall
is a stone and turf fortification
 built by the Romans

across the central belt of Scotland
 to fend off Northern Scots tribesmen.

The Wall was the North-West frontier
 of the Roman Empire
and runs from Old Kilpatrick
on the Forth & Clyde Canal
to 
Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth.

Sections of the wall can be seen
 in Bearsden,
 Kirkintilloch, Twechar, Croy,
Bonnybridge, Falkirk
, Polmont
and Bo'ness.






The Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall

As the most advanced
frontier construction of its time,
and as definitive evidence
 of the Romans' time in Scotland,
the Antonine Wall
is an invaluable and fascinating part
 of this country's varied and violent history.

 For a generation, from about 140 to 160 AD,
the Antonine Wall was the NW frontier
 of the Roman Empire.

Constructed by the Roman army,
 it ran from modern Bo'ness on the Forth
 to Old Kilpatrick on the Clyde
 and consisted of a turf rampart
fronted by a wide and deep ditch.

At regular intervals were forts
 connected by a road,
while outside the fort gates
 clustered civil settlements.

 Antoninus Pius,
whom the wall was named after,
reigned longer than any other emperor
with the exception of its founder Augustus.

 Yet relatively little is known about him.
 In this meticulously researched book,
David Breeze examines this enigmatic life
 and the reasons for the construction
and abandonment of his Wall.





Antonine Wall map - Edge of Empire - Scotland's Roman Frontier

Map of the Antonine Wall




Route map of the Antonine Wall across central Scotland

Route Map of the Antonine Wall

across central Scotland





The Antonine Wall across central Scotland

The Antonine Wall

across central Scotland






Roman Legionary
Roman Legionary

Roman Legionary


 
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Visit Scotland - Touring Guide Scotland: Where to Stay - Hotels & Guest Houses Scotland: Where to Stay - Bed & Breakfast Rough Guide ScotlandScottish Highlands & Islands - Rough Guide Scotland - Lonely PlanetScotland's Highlands & Islands - Lonley Planet Great Glasgow StoriesGlasgow & Surroundings - Insight Guide

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