Antonine Wall

E37094

Roman frontier fortification UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site

The Antonine Wall was a Roman frontier fortification in central Scotland marking the northernmost boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain for a brief period in the 2nd century AD.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Antonine Wall canonical	13
Antonine Wall sections	2
The Antonine Wall	2
Antonine Wall World Heritage Site (part)	1
Antonine Wall World Heritage Site buffer zone	1
Antonine Wall construction in Britain	1
Antonine Wall fortlet at Kinneil	1
Antonine Wall frontier zone	1
Antonine Wall remains	1
Roman Antonine Wall	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman frontier fortification ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vallum Antonini ⓘ
builder	Roman army ⓘ
builtUnder	Antoninus Pius ⓘ surface form: emperor Antoninus Pius
constructionEnd	around AD 154 ⓘ
constructionMaterial	earth ⓘ stone foundations ⓘ turf ⓘ
constructionStart	around AD 142 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endPoint	near Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde ⓘ
followedBy	Hadrian’s Wall as main frontier after abandonment ⓘ
follows	Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ surface form: Forth–Clyde isthmus
function	military defensive line ⓘ northernmost boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain ⓘ
hasPart	distance slabs ⓘ ditch ⓘ fortlets ⓘ military forts ⓘ military road ⓘ rampart ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Scheduled Monument ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
length	about 39 miles ⓘ about 63 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: Roman province of Britannia Scotland ⓘ central Scotland ⓘ
locatedOn	island of Great Britain ⓘ
namedAfter	Antoninus Pius ⓘ
partOf	Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Limes Germanicus ⓘ surface form: Roman limes system
precededBy	Hadrian's Wall ⓘ surface form: Hadrian’s Wall
presentDayMunicipalities	East Dunbartonshire council area ⓘ Falkirk council area ⓘ Glasgow City council area ⓘ North Lanarkshire council area (small part) ⓘ surface form: North Lanarkshire council area West Dunbartonshire council area ⓘ
replaced	Hadrian’s Wall as the northern frontier of Roman Britain ⓘ
significantFinds	Roman distance slabs ⓘ Roman inscriptions ⓘ
startPoint	near Bo’ness on the Firth of Forth ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century AD ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2008 ⓘ
usedUntil	late 150s AD ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hadrian's Wall → parallelStructure → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Falkirk → hasNearbySite → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Stirlingshire → containsHistoricSite → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall sections

Britannia (Roman province) → northernFrontier → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → hasPart → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → laterExtension → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Antoninus Pius → notableWork → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall construction in Britain

Falkirk council area → hasLandmark → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall sections

Callendar House → nearbyFeature → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Callendar House → partOf → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall World Heritage Site buffer zone

Caledonia → northOf → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Kinneil Estate → hasPart → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall remains

Kinneil Estate → partOf → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall frontier zone

Kinneil Estate → hasArchaeologicalSite → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall fortlet at Kinneil

Northern Britain → hasHistoricalStructure → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Roman Britain → hasPart → Antonine Wall ⓘ

East Dunbartonshire council area → hasHeritageSite → Antonine Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: East Dunbartonshire

this entity surface form: Antonine Wall World Heritage Site (part)

Vallum Antonini → hasEnglishName → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Old Kilpatrick → hasCategory → Antonine Wall ⓘ

Bearsden → hasHistoricalSite → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Antonine Wall

ancient Britain → hasSite → Antonine Wall ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Scotland → hasMember → Antonine Wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Antonine Wall

World Heritage Sites in Scotland → hasPart → Antonine Wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Frontiers of the Roman Empire

this entity surface form: The Antonine Wall

Britannia → hasFortification → Antonine Wall ⓘ