Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the of , between the and the .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: defensive fortification in Roman Britain
  • Also known as: “Graham’s Dyke”, “Severan Wall”, and “Wall of Antoninus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hillfoot railway station and Boclair Academy.

Railway station
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is a railway station in , near , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Antonine Wall.

School
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, a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in the suburb of , , Scotland, serves pupils aged 11 to 18 from Southern Bearsden, Westerton and . is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Antonine Wall.

Golf course
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, founded in May 1787, is the ninth oldest golf club in the world. It has changed location several times during its history, but has been based at Killermont in since 21 May 1904. is situated 1 mile south of Antonine Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bearsden and Milngavie.

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is a town 6 miles northwest of in East Dunbartonshire on , 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.

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is a town in in the 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.

Suburb
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is a residential area of , . 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 district, but has a different postcode; other nearby neighbourhoods are to the south and to the south-east. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Antonine Wall.

Antonine Wall

Latitude
55.92293° or 55° 55′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.31024° or 4° 18′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C7QWMFQ+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1427545346
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q210957
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Antonine Wall” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجدار الأنطوني”
  • Basque: “Antoninoren Harresia”
  • Belarusian: “Вал Антаніна”
  • Breton: “Moger Antoninus”
  • Bulgarian: “Антонинов вал”
  • Bulgarian: “Антониновия вал”
  • Catalan: “Mur d’Antoní”
  • Chinese: “安东尼墙”
  • Chinese: “安多宁长城”
  • Chinese: “安多寧長城”
  • Chinese: “安敦長城”
  • Croatian: “Antoninov zid”
  • Czech: “Antoninův val”
  • Czech: “Antoniův val”
  • Czech: “Severův val”
  • Danish: “Antoninus-muren”
  • Danish: “Antoninusmuren”
  • Dutch: “Antonijnse Muur”
  • Dutch: “Antonine Wall”
  • Dutch: “Muur van Antoninus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجدار الانطونى”
  • Esperanto: “Antonina Muro”
  • Esperanto: “Muro de Antonino”
  • Estonian: “Antoninuse vall”
  • Finnish: “Antoninuksen muuri”
  • Finnish: “Antoninuksen valli”
  • Finnish: “Antoniuksen muuri”
  • Finnish: “Antoniuksen valli”
  • French: “mur d’Antonin”
  • French: “Mur d’Antonin”
  • Galician: “Muralla de Antonino”
  • Georgian: “ანტონინეს კედელი”
  • German: “Antoninuswall”
  • German: “Vallum Antonini”
  • Hebrew: “חומת אנטונינוס”
  • Hungarian: “Antoninus fala”
  • Irish: “Balla Antonine”
  • Italian: “Vallo Antonino”
  • Italian: “Vallo di Antonino”
  • Italian: “Vallo di Antonio Pio”
  • Japanese: “アントニヌスの城壁”
  • Japanese: “アントニヌスの長城”
  • Korean: “안토니누스 방벽”
  • Latin: “Vallum Antonini”
  • Latvian: “Antonija valnis”
  • Lithuanian: “Antonino siena”
  • Macedonian: “Антониев ѕид”
  • Macedonian: “Антонинов ѕид”
  • Malayalam: “Antonine Wall”
  • Malayalam: “അന്റോണൈൻ കോട്ട”
  • Mongolian: “Антонины хана”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Antoninske mur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den antoninske mur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den antoninske muren”
  • Norwegian: “Den antoninske mur”
  • Persian: “دیوار آنتونین”
  • Polish: “Mur Antonina”
  • Polish: “Mur Antoninusa”
  • Polish: “Wał Antonina”
  • Portuguese: “Muralha de Antonino”
  • Romanian: “Zidul lui Antoninus”
  • Russian: “Антонинов вал”
  • Russian: “Вал Антонина Пия”
  • Russian: “Вал Антонина”
  • Russian: “Стена Антонина”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Balla Antonine”
  • Serbian: “Antoninov zid”
  • Serbian: “Антонинов зид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Antoninov zid”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Antoninski zid”
  • Slovenian: “Antoninov zid”
  • Spanish: “Muralla de Antonino Pio”
  • Spanish: “Muralla de Antonino Pío”
  • Spanish: “Muralla de Antonino”
  • Spanish: “Muro Antonino”
  • Spanish: “Muro de Antonino Pio”
  • Spanish: “Muro de Antonino Pío”
  • Spanish: “Muro de Antonino”
  • Swedish: “Antoninus mur”
  • Swedish: “Antoninus vall”
  • Swedish: “Antonius mur”
  • Turkish: “Antonine Duvarı”
  • Turkish: “Antoninus Duvarı”
  • Ukrainian: “Антонієвий вал”
  • Ukrainian: “Вал Антоніна”
  • Ukrainian: “Вал Антонія”
  • Ukrainian: “Стіна Антонія”
  • Uzbek: “Antonin devori”
  • Welsh: “Mur Anton”
  • Welsh: “Mur Antonaidd”
  • Welsh: “Mur Antoninus”
  • Western Frisian: “Muorre fan Antoninus”
  • Wu Chinese: “安东尼长城”

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Notable Places Nearby

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