WHAT IS THE ANTONINE WALL?
Antonine's Wall (pictured) stretched 39 miles between Forth and the Clyde and passed through five county's
Antonine's Wall stretched between Forth and the Clyde and passed through five counties.
It is older and further north than the famed Hadrian's wall.
It was known to the Romans at the time as Vallum Antonini and was a turf fortification based on stone foundations.
The wall represents the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire.
It spanned approximately 39 miles) (63 kilometres) and was about 10 feet (3 metres) high and 16 feet (5 metres) wide.
Romans abandoned the wall only eight years after it was built as the forces retreated to Hadrian's Wall further south.
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