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ANTONNINE WALL

Welcome to my website about the Antonnine roman wall, since I was a small child I have been amazed by the Antonnine wall with all its forts and bath house.

As a child I used to play at a fort on the wall near Drumchapel Glasgow, the fort site is called Castle Hill, unfortunately no trace of the site can be seen now, but some of the wall can be seen at the back of the Bluebell Woods in Drumchapel. I also used to go to other sites in Duntocher and to the well known Roman Bath House in Bearsden. With this rich history it is not surprising that I have tried to find out as much as I can about the wall and the romans.

After I moved to Cumbernauld, it did not take me long to find out about the wall on the east side of Glasgow. The fist time I went to Barhill near Croy I was in for a shock, as well as the fort there is also a bath house here as well, also a big round enclosure which was where the horses and other animals were kept. Standing there, it was as if I went back in time, it was as if I could see the wall, the fort, the barracks, and the bath house with roman soldiers and their families going about with their day to day life. But the real shock was still to come, after I came across another section of the wall, it was while I was out with a friend walking our dogs. Having seen other parts of the wall I was not prepared for this, it is the best section of the wall still standing, about the only thing missing was the wooden walkway that was on top of the wall, the walkway was about 15 feet high. Anyway enough about me, it is now time to tell you about the wall. I hope you will enjoy your visit to my website, and that you will come back again, if you know of something that should be in this site, please contact me by E-mail.

you can e-mail me at Alan Cameron

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