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Antonine Wall, Cawder House access road to canal towing path is a section of the most northerly frontier of the Roman Empire, stretching across central Scotland for approximately 37 miles. Built around AD 142 under the Emperor Antoninus Pius, this turf-and-stone rampart represents one of Rome's most ambitious provincial boundaries. The monument at this Lanarkshire location sits upon Clackmannan Group bedrock, sedimentary rocks formed during the Westphalian period that provided a stable foundation for the wall's construction.
The wall typically comprised a stone base supporting a turf superstructure, defended by a ditch to the north. Access along this section, now facilitated by the Cawder House access road and connecting to the nearby canal towing path, allows appreciation of the landscape the Romans engineered. The surviving earthworks here retain evidence of the wall's substantial original dimensions.
This stretch forms part of the wall's well-preserved central section and remains one of Britain's most significant archaeological monuments. Protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM7550, it represents a crucial period when Roman military engineering extended far into northern Britain, demonstrating the empire's reach during the second century AD.
Antonine Wall, Cawder House access road to canal towing path is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7550. View the official record →
Antonine Wall, Cawder House access road to canal towing path is a section of the most northerly frontier of the Roman Empire, stretching across central Scotland for approximately 37 miles. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7550.
Antonine Wall, Cawder House access road to canal towing path 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 SM7550.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Antonine Wall, 270m S of Buchley to 25m SW of Buchley Lodge (1.9 km), Forth and Clyde Canal: Bishopbriggs Golf Course (2.3 km), Antonine Wall, 120m NE of Balmuildy Cottages to 270m S of Buchley (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Antonine Wall, Cawder House access road to canal towing path'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, Cawder House access road to canal towing path stands on Clackmannan Group, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, clackmannan group type.