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Oblique aerial view of Kinneil fort and the Antonine Wall (c. 986 807), taken from the S.
D 86099 CS
Description Oblique aerial view of Kinneil fort and the Antonine Wall (c. 986 807), taken from the S.
Date 4/3/1997
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number D 86099 CS
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 337341
Scope and Content Aerial view of Kinneil fortlet, Bo'ness, Falkirk The Antonine Wall stretched from the Clyde in the west to the Forth in the east, with seventeen forts built along its length to control access to southern Scotland. Between forts were a series of signal stations and fortlets, like this example at Kinneil. This aerial photograph shows the low mound of the Antonine Wall, with the outline of the fortlet attached to the south. The V-shaped ditch which accompanied the rampart of the Antonine Wall can be seen as a gentle depression to the north. By order of the Emperor, Antoninus Pius, soldiers from the three legions of Britain, II Augusta from Caerleon, VI Victrix from York and XX Valeria Victrix built the wall following a successful campaign by the governor of Britain, Lollius Urbicus. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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