Protecting and managing the wall
As part of a transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site, discover how the Antonine Wall is protected and managed.
The Future of the Wall
The Antonine Wall has aims and ambitions to allow greater awareness and engagement with the wall alongside highlighting UNESCO’s values. Many of these have been met by a range of projects.
The Rediscovering The Antonine Wall Project
The Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project was a four- year project, from 2019 to 2023. The project received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Kelvin Valley & Falkirk LEADER Programme, and the managing partners for the Antonine Wall.
The Antonine Wall is an accessible Roman monument with ample opportunity for interpretation and involvement. However, research undertaken in the run up to this project identified that local awareness of the Antonine Wall was limited and that generally, only those with an interest in heritage were engaging with the Wall. The project became the first pan wall project to raise awareness of the Antonine Wall, primarily amongst local communities but also with visitors.
The project raised awareness of the Antonine Wall through the creation of new and interesting attractions along the length of the wall, developing new educational resources, social media pages and community engagement initiatives. This has included:
- Five replica Roman distance slabs
- Creation of five Roman themed play parks
- A series of community led engagement projects
- Reshooting of a 1960’s film charting the route of the wall
- Creation of school resources, including a series of Antonine Wall comics created with schools
- Two large Roman head sculptures at Lambhill Stables and Nethercroy
The wall in your community
Find out what’s happening in your local community and ways to get involved.