The best examples of stone structures along the entire Antonine Wall can be seen within a modern housing development in Bearsden. The fort which once lay here is now mostly covered over by roads and houses, but you can visit the exposed remains of a Roman bath-house and latrine block within the area of the fort’s annexe.

The Antonine Wall - did you know Unlike its stone-built southern neighbour, Hadrian’s Wall, the Antonine Wall was mostly built out of turf, laid on top of a stone foundation and fronted by a wide and deep ditch. 3. There’s a deep ditch for good defence. The Antonine Wall’s main ditch is a monumental … University of Glasgow - The Hunterian - Collections The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier. Fountainhead . This fountainhead from the bath-house at Bearsden Roman Fort is in the shape of a man's head with a gaping mouth through which the water would have flown into a basin. The pipe carrying the water fitted into the back. The design has a strong native Celtic influence.

Antonine Wall, New Kilpatrick Cemetery to field boundary south of Boclair is a Scheduled Monument in Bearsden South, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.

2 days ago · When complete, the Antonine Wall comprised a bank of turf almost 3m high and 4m wide, topped with an imposing wooden palisade. Between sixteen to nineteen forts were built along the length of the wall to house the many hundreds of Roman soldiers that manned this brave (but chilly) new frontier. The Roman Bathhouse in Bearsden is located on 3 bedroom detached house for sale in Antonine Road

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The Antonine Wall. 559 likes. Celebrating the Antonine Wall, begun around AD 142, remnants of which remain right from Clydebank through to Falkirk.