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Antonine Wall, 80 metres south-west of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage, is a section of the Roman frontier barrier that stretched across central Scotland from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. Built around AD 142, this turf and stone rampart represented the northernmost boundary of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent. The monument lies in Stirlingshire on bedrock of the Clackmannan Group, Carboniferous sedimentary rocks that would have presented variable digging conditions for the Roman workforce during construction.
This surviving stretch of the wall demonstrates the characteristic engineering of frontier barriers in northern Britain, where turf construction predominated over the stone walls favoured further south. The monument is protected under Historic Environment Scotland designation SM7739, recognising its national significance as one of Scotland's most important Roman remains. The local geology of sedimentary strata has influenced both the wall's preservation and the archaeological visibility of its original foundation.
The Antonine Wall operated as an active military frontier for only a generation before Roman forces withdrew southward to Hadrian's Wall. This section, like the monument as a whole, provides essential evidence of Rome's organisational capacity and engineering prowess in maintaining control of their Scottish territories during the mid-second century.
Antonine Wall, 80m SW of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7739. View the official record →
Antonine Wall, 80 metres south-west of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage, is a section of the Roman frontier barrier that stretched across central Scotland from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7739.
Antonine Wall, 80m SW of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage 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 SM7739.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall and fort, Castlecary (1.1 km), Antonine Wall, 185m NNE of Castlecary House Hotel (1.4 km), Antonine Wall, Wyndford Road to Castlecary (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Antonine Wall, 80m SW of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage'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, 80m SW of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.