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Falkirk, Tamfourhill
Frontier Defence (Roman)
Site Name Falkirk, Tamfourhill
Classification Frontier Defence (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Falkirk, Tamfourhill, Antonine Wall; Watling Lodge; Lime Road To Tamfourhill
Canmore ID 122769
Site Number NS87NE 52
NGR NS 8629 7981
NGR Description NS 8629 7981 to NS 8662 7982
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122769
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS87NE 52 8629 7981 to 8662 7982
See also NS87NE 7.
(NS 8629 7981 to 8662 7982). Scheduled length of Antonine Wall.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 March 1994.
(Schedule number 8251). Antonine Wall, Lime Road to Tamfourhill: scheduling document dated 23 March 2005. [Indicated on map extract as extending from NS 8572 7983 to NS 8611 7988].
(Schedule number 90016). Antonine Wall, W and E of Watling Lodge: scheduling document dated 23 March 2005. [Indicated on map extract as extending from NS 8612 7986 to NS 8624 7981 and from NS 8630 7979 to NS 8664 7984].
Information from Historic Scotland.
Publication Account (1985)
Set on the edge of a steep north-facing scarp, this section of the Wall contains the most impressive stretch of the ditch to survive. Here it retains the original V-shaped cross-section, measuring 12m across by up to 4.5m in depth, and gives a stark reminder of the difficulties of crossing this barrier, particularly when one considers that the Wall rose at least a further 3m behind the lip of the ditch. Little can now be seen of the Wall itself, but excavation has revealed the presence of the stone plinth on which the turves were stacked (see no. 74). This section of the Wall was of special importance as it flanked the point when the main Roman road from the south crossed the Wall on its way up to the fort at Ardoch (Braco),Perthshire and on into Strathearn. The actual site of the gateway, and the fort that guarded it, is now under Watling Lodge and no trace of it can be seen.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: The Clyde Estuary and Central Region’, (1985).
