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Antonine Wall and motte, 75m SW of Antonine Primary School, is a scheduled monument in Stirlingshire that preserves two distinct phases of Scottish military history. The site contains a section of the Antonine Wall, the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire, built in the 2nd century AD and stretching 37 miles across central Scotland. Overlying or adjacent to this Roman earthwork is a medieval motte, a mound-based fortification typical of Norman military architecture from the 11th and 12th centuries. The monument's location on Clackmannan Group sedimentary bedrock, formed during the Westphalian period of the Carboniferous era, provides a foundation of sandstone and mudstone underlying both structures.
The juxtaposition of Roman and medieval fortifications on this site reflects Stirlingshire's enduring strategic importance across fifteen centuries. Both monuments exploited the landscape's natural advantages for command and control of local territory. The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland and remains a significant record of the region's defensive engineering and settlement patterns across two major periods of occupation.
Antonine Wall and motte, 75m SW of Antonine Primary School is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12373. View the official record →
Antonine Wall and motte, 75m SW of Antonine Primary School, is a scheduled monument in Stirlingshire that preserves two distinct phases of Scottish military history. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12373.
Antonine Wall and motte, 75m SW of Antonine Primary School 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 SM12373.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, Dalnair to Seabegs Wood, including fortlet and camp (1.6 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Castlecary - M9 Motorway (1.8 km), Antonine Wall, 80m SW of Woodhouse Eaves to Underwood Cottage (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Antonine Wall and motte, 75m SW of Antonine Primary School'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 motte, 75m SW of Antonine Primary School stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.