Wilderness Plantation
Wilderness Plantation was the site of a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. The line of the Antonine Wall runs roughly parallel between the River Kelvin to the north and the Forth and Clyde Canal to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bishopbriggs railway station and Antonine Wall.
Bishopbriggs railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishopbriggs railway station is a railway station serving Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 3+1⁄4 miles north of Glasgow Queen Street, but is currently only served by services on the Croy Line.
Antonine Wall
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Antonine Wall was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth.
Possil Marsh
Nature reserve
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Possil Marsh is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, of both flora and fauna, within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The reserve was once part of an extensive system of lochs and marshes which extended throughout much of lowland West Central Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milngavie and Bearsden.
Milngavie
Photo: Andy Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milngavie is a town in Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. With a population of just under 13,000 in 2022, it's a commuter and retirement town for Glasgow six miles to the southwest.
Bearsden
Photo: Wikiwayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bearsden is a town 6 miles northwest of Glasgow in East Dunbartonshire on Clydeside, with a population of 28,500 in 2022. The main reason to visit is the Roman bath house, built in the brief period when the Romans occupied the Antonine Wall.
Kirkintilloch
Photo: StaraBlazkova, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkintilloch is an industrial town in the Clydeside area of central Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 20,000. It's about 8 miles northeast of central Glasgow, on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Wilderness Plantation
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Description: site of Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castellum and forest
- Location: East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9188° or 55° 55′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.2462° or 4° 14′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C7QWQ93+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 123747282OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q48799967
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