Antonine Wall

The Roman brooch found deep in the foundations of an Iron Age settlement. The item was buried in the 2nd Century AD. PIC: GUARD Archaeology.

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Skara Brae, a Neolithic settlement on Orkney. New research will examine whether Orkney's stunning Neolithic landscape was painted in colour around 5,000 years ago. PIC: Bill Henderson/ geograph.org

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A digital reconstruction drawing issued by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) of Watling Lodge Roman Fortlet and the Antonine Wall looking directly North to Camelon Roman camp near Falkirk

Roman fortlet lost for hundreds of years found near Scottish primary school

Archaeologists have discovered the buried remains of a Roman fortlet that once stood next to the Antonine Wall and was thought to be lost to the mists of time. HES experts made the discovery during a geophysical survey in a field near Carleith Primary School in West Dunbartonshire.

Roman fortlet lost for hundreds of years found near primary school

Kintail is an area of mountains in the Wester Ross biosphere. Picture: Liam Anderstrem

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Evidence of illegal metal detecting was found at Rough Castle on the Antonine Wall. PIC: geograph.org/Lairich Rig.

Antonine Wall metal detectorists sought by police

The replica Eastermains stone. It is one of five distance slabs carved by the Romans who occupied Scotland from around 142AD to be recreated and placed along the line of the Antonine Wall. PIC: Contributed.

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The Bridgeness distance slab which features in the new Roman-era Britain collection from Royal Mail. PIC: Royal Mail.

The remarkable Roman sculpture in Scotland that features on new Royal Mail stamp

Key figures of Scotland's Roman period, with a 'genocide' ordered in 210AD as Emperor Severus tried to achieve military glory before he died. PIC: Creative Commons.

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A depiction of Calgacus who is said to have led tribes of Caledonia against the Romans at the Battle of Mons Graupius in AD83.

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The carved stone depicts how the Roman invaders lived with the natives near the Antonine Wall

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The newly carved distance stone which will be placed close to the Antonine Wall to tell the story of the local Iron Age population who lived alongside the occupying Roman force. PIC: Rediscovering the Antonine Wall.

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Around 7,000 soldiers were stationed on the Antonine Wall.

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Popular play area in Falkirk’s Callendar Park reopens after Roman refurb

Traces of the Antonine Wall at Croy Hill. A businessman is now facing action after building a fence over the ancient Roman defence nearby. PIC: www.geograph.org/Chris Wimbush.

Row as businessman ‘builds fence across Antonine Wall’

A stretch of the Antonine Wall, the most northerly frontier of the Roman Empire, which runs from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. Research suggests soldiers from North Africa were stationed at its forts. PIC: Courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland.

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Bo'ness can build on wall grant handout

A new project was granted Â£150,000 of funding in July 2016 from Creative Europe to develop cutting-edge technology which will revolutionise the visitor experience at the Antonine Wall, in Central Scotland. The Wall is part of the Europe wide Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site and the project will see Scottish, German and Austrian partners working together to create a mobile app platform and exciting new visitor content.
A general view of Bearden Bath-House, Antonine Wall. The well preserved remains of a bath-house and latrine, built in the 2nd century AD to serve a small fort.
Pic courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland - please credit.

Almost Â£1m in funding for Antonine Wall community projects

Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius, who commissioned the wall

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This bronze lamp was found at Loudon Hill Fort in Ayrshire. It's unusual given most other relics of this kind were made from clay. PIC: The Hunterian/Glasgow University.

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Monument to the 20th ("Valeria Victrix") Legion, showing its emblem - a leaping boar

Falkirk's gory Roman wall art was in technicolour

The Summerston distance stone from the Antonine Wall, which was found near Bearsden, was one artefact successfully tested for pigment. PIC: Hunterian Museum/Glasgow University.

Original colour scheme of Antonine Wall revealed

05-10-2017. Picture Michael Gillen. BO'NESS. Kinneil Estate. Antonine Wall remains, Kinneil Fortlete. For Bo'ness Journal local feature on plans to bring the history of the wall to life.

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Crookston castle, in the southside of Glasgow, was besieged by James IV in the 15th century

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A virtual reconstruction of the Roman fort at Bar Hill, once part of the Antonine Wall defences, near the present day town of Kilsyth in North Lanarkshire. Image: Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation

Antonine Wall brought back to life using virtual reconstruction

Where can the oldest tartan in Scotland be found. Picture: Creative Commons

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The remains of Milecastle 39 along Hadrian's Wall. Picture: Adam Cuerden/Creative Commons

Why couldn't the Romans hold and conquer Scotland?

Artists impressions breathe life into the archaeological remains from Bearsden. Picture: Contributed

Glasgow Romans ate '˜porridge but suffered worms and fleas'

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A terret ring from an Iron Age chariot along with a tankard handle

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The iconic Forth Bridge is the sixth World Heritage Site in Scotland. Picture: Allan Crow

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A paper will look at the possibility of a cross-Border Borderlands enterprise for the area. Picture: Ian Rutherford

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Kinneil House, Bo'ness. Picture: Contributed

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David Severin as Roman foot soldier Sextus Varius Rufus in the grounds of Callendar House

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