Watling Lodge
Watling Lodge was a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was located near what is now Lock Sixteen on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk with neighbouring forts at Rough Castle to the west and Falkirk to the east.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: site of Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall near Falkirk, central Scotland
- Also known as: “Antonine Wall, Watling Lodge fortlet, Tamfourhill, Falkirk”, “Watling Lodge fortlet”, and “Watling Lodge Roman Fortlet”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Falkirk Wheel and Camelon railway station.
Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. Falkirk Wheel is situated 3,500 feet west of Watling Lodge.
Camelon railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camelon railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Camelon in Falkirk, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Dunblane and Cumbernauld Lines. Train services are provided by ScotRail. The present station was opened in 1994. Camelon railway station is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Watling Lodge.
Rough Castle Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rough Castle Fort is a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall roughly 2 kilometres south east of Bonnybridge near Tamfourhill in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Rough Castle Fort is situated 1¼ miles west of Watling Lodge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamfourhill and Camelon.
Tamfourhill
Suburb
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tamfourhill is a working-class residential suburb of Falkirk within the Falkirk, Scotland. It is located approximately 1.5 miles west of the city centre.
Camelon
Suburb
Photo: David Kitching, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camelon is a village within the Falkirk council area, Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley, 1 mile west of Falkirk, 1 mile south of Larbert and 3 miles east of Bonnybridge.
Woodlands
Suburb
Woodlands is a large, prosperous central area of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, which is mainly residential. Much of the ward is taken up by leafy streets where property prices are among the highest in Central Scotland and includes Lochgreen, Slamannan, Rosebank, Gartcows and Southern Pleasance areas.
Watling Lodge
- Categories: milecastle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9976° or 55° 59′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.82545° or 3° 49′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C7RX5XF+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1374211016OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q48798312
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