Why antonine wall

Find images, 3D scans and more on the dedicated Antonine Wall website. Supplementary Planning Guidance has been produced and adopted by all five of the local authorities involved in managing the Antonine Wall.

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Following Hadrian's death in AD the Emperor Antoninus Pius reoccupied southern Scotland and built a new wall, known nowadays as the Antonine Wall, across the narrow waist of Scotland between the rivers Forth and Clyde.

Forts were built at regular intervals along the wall, which was made of turf. In addition there were small fortlets, "expansions" possible signal platforms and civilian settlements. For a while the Antonine Wall became the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire. It was probably around three metres high with a timber breastwork running along its top. When completed, the Antonine Wall had forts of varying sizes at 3km intervals.

A ditch was dug to the north of the Wall and the space between the Wall and the ditch the berm contained pits with stakes inserted into them. Troubles began again during the fourth century as the Empire faced increasing instability on all frontiers.

Centralised administration of Britain from Rome ended around AD The Roman Frontier Gallery at Tullie House Museum explores the ebb and flow of the Roman frontier in Britain in response to economic, political and social forces at play across the Roman Empire.