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The Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way is a section of the second-century Roman frontier in Scotland, built under the Emperor Antoninus Pius approximately between 142 and 143 CE. Located in Dunbartonshire, the site comprises a fort with its associated defensive infrastructure, including the characteristic double rampart and ditch system that formed the northern limes of the Roman Empire in Britain. Bar Hill fort served as a military installation along the wall's length, positioned to control movement across the isthmus between the Forth and Clyde, and the surviving earthworks demonstrate the substantial engineering undertaken to establish Roman control over central Scotland. The fort operated for approximately forty years before the frontier was abandoned around 180 CE, after which the wall fell into disuse as Roman forces withdrew to Hadrian's Wall further south.
Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90008. View the official record →
The Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way is a section of the second-century Roman frontier in Scotland, built under the Emperor Antoninus Pius approximately between 142 and 143 CE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90008.
Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a bar hill, rampart, ditch, fort and military way. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way 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 SM90008.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bar Hill, Roman temporary camp SW of (0.4 km), Antonine Wall, Twechar Main Street to Bar Hill (0.7 km), Antonine Wall, E edge of Strone Plantation to Girnal Hill (0.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Antonine Wall, Bar Hill, rampart, ditch, fort and Military Way stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.