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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman frontier fortification → UNESCO World Heritage Site → archaeological site →
alsoKnownAs	Vallum Antonini →
builder	Roman army →
builtUnder	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–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	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 → Roman limes system →
precededBy	Hadrian’s Wall →
presentDayMunicipalities	East Dunbartonshire council area → Falkirk council area → Glasgow City council area → 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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stirlingshire ("Antonine Wall sections") →	containsHistoricSite
Falkirk →	hasNearbySite
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site →	hasPart
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site →	laterExtension
Britannia (Roman province) →	northernFrontier
Antoninus Pius ("Antonine Wall construction in Britain") →	notableWork
Hadrian's Wall →	parallelStructure