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Antonine Wall and Military Way, 515m north of Crofthead Cottage, is a Roman frontier monument in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Constructed around AD 140 as the northern frontier of Roman Britain, the wall extends for approximately 60 kilometres across the Central Belt of Scotland. At this location, the monument consists of the turf-built rampart and its associated Military Way, a metalled road running parallel to the fortification. The bedrock of Clackmannan Group sedimentary rocks provides the geological foundation for this section of the frontier, with the underlying stone having been quarried locally to support road construction and surface drainage across the Lowland terrain.
The wall itself was garrisoned by auxiliary troops stationed in a series of forts and fortlets positioned along its length. The Military Way enabled rapid troop movement and supply distribution along the frontier. This section preserves evidence of Roman military engineering designed to control movement across the isthmus between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth, creating a fortified boundary that represented the limit of direct Roman territorial control in Britain.
The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7551, recognising its national significance as part of Scotland's most substantial surviving Roman defensive system.
Antonine Wall and Military Way, 515m N of Crofthead Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7551. View the official record →
Antonine Wall and Military Way, 515m north of Crofthead Cottage, is a Roman frontier monument in Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7551.
Antonine Wall and Military Way, 515m N of Crofthead 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 SM7551.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, 270m S of Buchley to 25m SW of Buchley Lodge (2.7 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course (3 km), Antonine Wall, 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages to 270m S of Buchley (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Antonine Wall and Military Way, 515m N of Crofthead 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 and Military Way, 515m N of Crofthead Cottage stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.