Antonine Wall
Antonine Wall is a ruins in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Antonine Wall is situated nearby to New Kilpatrick Cemetery, as well as near the golf course Douglas Park Golf Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Antonine Wall and Hillfoot railway station.
Antonine Wall
Ruins
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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.
Hillfoot railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. Hillfoot railway station is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Antonine Wall.
Boclair Academy
School
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boclair Academy, a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in the Greater Glasgow suburb of Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, serves pupils aged 11 to 18 from Southern Bearsden, Westerton and Torrance. Boclair Academy is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Antonine Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bearsden and Milngavie.
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.
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.
Summerston
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Summerston is a residential area of Glasgow, Scotland. With most of the housing constructed in the 1970s, it is situated in the far north of the city and is considered to be part of the larger Maryhill district, but has a different postcode; other nearby neighbourhoods are Gilshochill to the south and Cadder to the south-east. Summerston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Antonine Wall.
Antonine Wall
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.92259° or 55° 55′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.31162° or 4° 18′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C7QWMFQ+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 1427545345OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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