One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #AntonineWall
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM
One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #AntonineWall
A variety of styles of stile here in #Cumbernauld #AntonineWall
January 10, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A variety of styles of stile here in #Cumbernauld #AntonineWall
The faint outline of the granary building at Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RoughCastle #AntonineWall
January 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
The faint outline of the granary building at Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RoughCastle #AntonineWall
One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Roman Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #AntonineWall
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
One of the best preserved sections of the Antonine Wall, just west of Rough Castle Roman Fort, near Falkirk. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #AntonineWall
This beautiful #Roman fibula, made in the SW of England & found near the #AntonineWall dates to AD80–165. Bronze, inlaid with silver - @nationalmuseumsscotland
✨ Want more Roman Scotland? Our Romans in #Scotland 12-week online course starts 6 January — details on our website!
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✨ Want more Roman Scotland? Our Romans in #Scotland 12-week online course starts 6 January — details on our website!
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December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This beautiful #Roman fibula, made in the SW of England & found near the #AntonineWall dates to AD80–165. Bronze, inlaid with silver - @nationalmuseumsscotland
✨ Want more Roman Scotland? Our Romans in #Scotland 12-week online course starts 6 January — details on our website!
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✨ Want more Roman Scotland? Our Romans in #Scotland 12-week online course starts 6 January — details on our website!
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#Cramond Roman Fort on the River Almond, near #Edinburgh. 1st period of occupation - c140-170AD, during the building of the #AntonineWall . 2nd period of occupation during the Severan campaign 208-211AD. It housed 1000 soldiers.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The Cramond Lioness was found there.
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The Cramond Lioness was found there.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#Cramond Roman Fort on the River Almond, near #Edinburgh. 1st period of occupation - c140-170AD, during the building of the #AntonineWall . 2nd period of occupation during the Severan campaign 208-211AD. It housed 1000 soldiers.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The Cramond Lioness was found there.
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The Cramond Lioness was found there.
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The remains of the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall - the only example of an Antonine Wall fortlet which is still visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Kinneil #AntonineWall
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The remains of the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall - the only example of an Antonine Wall fortlet which is still visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Kinneil #AntonineWall
Standing at the northern edge of the Roman Empire
#History #Histoire #Kirkintilloch #AntonineWall #photography #photographie #architecture
#History #Histoire #Kirkintilloch #AntonineWall #photography #photographie #architecture
October 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Standing at the northern edge of the Roman Empire
#History #Histoire #Kirkintilloch #AntonineWall #photography #photographie #architecture
#History #Histoire #Kirkintilloch #AntonineWall #photography #photographie #architecture
#OTD AD 66, Emperor #Nero founded #Legio I Italica. The boar was its emblem. From Armenia to Britain, they fought across the Empire — even leaving their mark in Scotland at Old Kilpatrick on the #AntonineWall where an altar mentions Julius Candidus, centurion of the legion.
September 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#OTD AD 66, Emperor #Nero founded #Legio I Italica. The boar was its emblem. From Armenia to Britain, they fought across the Empire — even leaving their mark in Scotland at Old Kilpatrick on the #AntonineWall where an altar mentions Julius Candidus, centurion of the legion.
Sandstone relief of #Jupiter Dolichenus & #Juno Dolichena from a ditch outside the Roman fort of Croy Hill. Jupiter holds a double axe & thunderbolt over a bull, Juno a sceptre & wreath over a cow. Popular with Roman soldiers on the #AntonineWall .
#RomanScotland #CroyHill #RomanReligion
#RomanScotland #CroyHill #RomanReligion
September 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sandstone relief of #Jupiter Dolichenus & #Juno Dolichena from a ditch outside the Roman fort of Croy Hill. Jupiter holds a double axe & thunderbolt over a bull, Juno a sceptre & wreath over a cow. Popular with Roman soldiers on the #AntonineWall .
#RomanScotland #CroyHill #RomanReligion
#RomanScotland #CroyHill #RomanReligion
#OTD #Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius was born, 19 Sept 86AD. Hadrian adopted him as son &heir. Considered one of the '5 good emperors'. He ordered the construction of the #AntonineWall & its forts in AD142. He was succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus.
September 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OTD #Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius was born, 19 Sept 86AD. Hadrian adopted him as son &heir. Considered one of the '5 good emperors'. He ordered the construction of the #AntonineWall & its forts in AD142. He was succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus.
B: #RomanBritain #Roman #Archaeology #ClassicsBluesky #Scottish #ancestry #history #AntonineWall #Trimontium #BooksWorthReading #bookoftheday
Delighted to report The Road to Mons Graupius has been longlisted for Research Book of the Year in the '25 Scotland National Book Awards. Ave Montgomery! What better way to celebrate then to a packed crowd @ the Royal Scots Club in #Edinburgh this morning. www.thesaltires.org.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A clip of the bath house at Bothwellhaugh #Roman Fort in Strathclyde Country Park in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The fort lay to the south of the #AntonineWall , probably linked to it via a Roman road. The bath house was found in November 1973 and moved to higher ground in 1980.
September 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A clip of the bath house at Bothwellhaugh #Roman Fort in Strathclyde Country Park in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The fort lay to the south of the #AntonineWall , probably linked to it via a Roman road. The bath house was found in November 1973 and moved to higher ground in 1980.
🗓️ #OTD 138 AD #AntoninusPius became emperor! Though he never left Italy, his reign left a mark on #Scotland with the #AntonineWall . His wife, Faustina the Elder, was beloved by the people—his steady rule helped pave the way for Marcus Aurelius & lasting #Roman legacy.
#RomanHistory
#RomanHistory
July 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🗓️ #OTD 138 AD #AntoninusPius became emperor! Though he never left Italy, his reign left a mark on #Scotland with the #AntonineWall . His wife, Faustina the Elder, was beloved by the people—his steady rule helped pave the way for Marcus Aurelius & lasting #Roman legacy.
#RomanHistory
#RomanHistory
The southern ramparts of Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #AntonineWall
July 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The southern ramparts of Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #AntonineWall
Part of the surviving stone rampart at Castlecary Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall. The fort is one of only two forts on the wall to feature stone ramparts, the other is further west at Balmuildy. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #Castlecary #RomanScotland #AntonineWall
June 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Part of the surviving stone rampart at Castlecary Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall. The fort is one of only two forts on the wall to feature stone ramparts, the other is further west at Balmuildy. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #Castlecary #RomanScotland #AntonineWall
Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays for indoor tours with #HistoricScotland, + a midday guided outdoor walk seeing some of #AntonineWall, & adjacent Kinneil Museum (free), featuring wider history of area, is also open #MuseumWeek:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
June 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Visit Kinneil this Saturday! The house is *open* most Saturdays for indoor tours with #HistoricScotland, + a midday guided outdoor walk seeing some of #AntonineWall, & adjacent Kinneil Museum (free), featuring wider history of area, is also open #MuseumWeek:
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
👉 kinneil.org.uk/2025/04/01/k...
It’s the season for intensely-coloured foxgloves in Kinneil Woods - come and explore the estate’s many outdoor walks #johnmuirway #antoninewall #foxgloves
June 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It’s the season for intensely-coloured foxgloves in Kinneil Woods - come and explore the estate’s many outdoor walks #johnmuirway #antoninewall #foxgloves
‘The Centurion’ Croy Hill, Forth & Clyde canal, John Muir walk. North Lanarkshire #History #Romans #AntonineWall #JohnMuirTrust #WildLife #Nature #Walking 🥾 🥾
May 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
‘The Centurion’ Croy Hill, Forth & Clyde canal, John Muir walk. North Lanarkshire #History #Romans #AntonineWall #JohnMuirTrust #WildLife #Nature #Walking 🥾 🥾
They're pretty much unqiue to the Roman presence in Scotland and highlight how threatened the Romans felt on this far northern edge of their empire.
#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
April 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
They're pretty much unqiue to the Roman presence in Scotland and highlight how threatened the Romans felt on this far northern edge of their empire.
#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
Known as Lilia, each was about 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 feet deep, and would have been filled by vertical stakes, sharpened to a point, waiting to impale anyone who stumbled into them.
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
April 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Known as Lilia, each was about 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 feet deep, and would have been filled by vertical stakes, sharpened to a point, waiting to impale anyone who stumbled into them.
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory
Of all the historical sites within easy striking distance of Glasgow. These are amongst my favourites. They're large defensive pits dug by the Romans in front of Rough Castle Fort on the Antonine Wall around AD 140.
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #romans #scotland
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #romans #scotland
April 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Of all the historical sites within easy striking distance of Glasgow. These are amongst my favourites. They're large defensive pits dug by the Romans in front of Rough Castle Fort on the Antonine Wall around AD 140.
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #romans #scotland
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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #romans #scotland
Rambling back to 142AD this week along a short section of the #AntonineWall in Falkirk, contrasting beautifully with the ‘tower blocks’ … #RomanSiteSaturday
April 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Rambling back to 142AD this week along a short section of the #AntonineWall in Falkirk, contrasting beautifully with the ‘tower blocks’ … #RomanSiteSaturday