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Antonine Wall is a Roman frontier fortification that extends across central Scotland, constructed in the second century AD as the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire. This section, preserved near Castlecary House Hotel in Dunbartonshire, remains part of the best-preserved stretches of the wall's entire 37-mile length. The monument sits on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Westphalian-age sedimentary rocks that would have presented considerable challenges to the Roman engineers tasked with establishing a coherent defensive line across the varied Scottish landscape.
The wall itself comprises a stone foundation approximately 4 metres wide, originally surmounted by a turf rampart that could rise considerably higher. Running parallel to the north lies the ditch, a substantial V-shaped cut designed to impede direct approach. The location near Castlecary reflects the strategic placement of this frontier, with the landscape and geology dictating both the wall's course and the positioning of supporting forts along its length.
This section of the Antonine Wall is afforded statutory protection by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM11638. The site contributes to understanding Roman military architecture and the empire's occupation of Britain during the second and third centuries, whilst the underlying geology demonstrates the persistence of the fortification across diverse terrain.
Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11638. View the official record →
Antonine Wall is a Roman frontier fortification that extends across central Scotland, constructed in the second century AD as the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11638.
Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a 185m nne of castlecary house hotel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM11638.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, Wyndford Road to Castlecary (0.5 km), Antonine Wall, N of Cumbernauld airfield to Wyndford Road (1.5 km), Antonine Wall and fort, railway line to 300m E of Westerwood steading (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.