Welcome to the Antonine Wall World Heritage Site Online
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The Antonine Wall was constructed in the AD 140s on the orders of the Emperor Antoninus Pius; for a generation it was the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire. Running for 60 km from modern Old Kilpatrick on the north side of the River Clyde to Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth. The Wall has now been inscribed as a World Heritage Site. The Antonine Wall World Heritage Site will form part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, which includes Hadrian's Wall in England and the German Limes. We hope that this website will provide the visitor with a useful source of information on the Antonine Wall, and encourage exploration and discovery of the sites and associated museum collections of this fascinating period of the past when Scotland formed the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire! Professor David Breeze |
Antonine Wall Gains World Heritage Site Status
Once the Roman Empire's most northern frontier in Britain, the Antonine Wall was inscribed by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee at its meeting in Canada in July 2008 as the UK's newest World Heritage Site
The Scottish bid is part of a joint international effort (incorporating sites in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) to nominate the Antonine Wall as an extension of the trans-national Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site which includes Hadrian's Wall and the Upper Raetian German Limes.
Antonine Wall News
Drumchapel Schools Roman Sculpture Project
Drumchapel Primary Schools recently worked up their collective creative energies to produce a spectacular display of artwork inspired by the nearby Antonine Wall and Roman artefacts from the Antonine Wall in the Hunterian Museum.
Drumchapel Pupils on the Antonine Junior Health March
On Friday the 29th August over 300 P6 and P7 pupils from 6 Primary schools in Drumchapel, Glasgow undertook the "Antonine Junior Health Walk" on a route around Drumchapel, taking in the Antonine Wall. The Antonine Junior Health Walk was organised by Drumchapel Heritage Group, Drumchapel L.I.F.E (Life Is For Everyone) the healthy living initiative, and Drumchapel Environment Trust, with support from a wide range of partners listed at the end of this article.
Antonine Wall Gains World Heritage Site Status
Linda Fabiani, MSP, Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, today welcomed the decision by the World Heritage Committee to grant the Antonine Wall, the Roman frontier in Scotland, World Heritage Site status.
"To the shades of Crescens..." - an exciting new tombstone from the Wall area
A recently discovered Roman tombstone has cast new light on the soldiers who occupied Antonine Scotland.
Junior legionaries march the Roman frontier!
The Hunterian Junior Archaeologists' Club trip on Saturday 5th April was a march along part of the Antonine Wall from Croy to Bar Hill.