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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Remains of the WALL OF ANTONINUS PIUS | Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall Remains of Fosse or Ditch of Roman Wall |
Caledonia Romana Statl. [Statistical] Accounts of New Kilpatrick Fullarton's Gazetteer Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Sym, Minister of N. [New] Kilpatrick Mr. William Barclay. North Hutcheson Mr. James Main, Windyhill Mr. Walter Alexander, Castlehill Mr. John Freeman, New Kilpatrick Mr. John Burnside, Ferguston Mr. Andrew Russell, Boclair Mr. Andrew Russell Jr. [Junior], Millichen Mr. Archibald McLachlin, Temple of Boclair Mr. Alexander Graham, Summerston Mr. John Scott, Balmuildy (East Cadder Parish Lanarkshire Mr. William McFarlane Balmuildy West Cadder Parish Lanarkshire |
023 | "For the last two hundred and fifty years, the site of the great northern rampart - known as the Wall of Antoninus, from its having been constructed in his reign - has commanded the attention of not a few amongst those of our national antiquaries whose ardour led them to penetrate the recesses of the land _ And seldom since the eye of the inquiring visitant first rested on the dilapidated traces of this ancient barrier, have many years been added in succession to the "measure" of its age, without one accidental circumstance or another exposing to light some fresh memorials of its Roman constructors; whose individual names appear at times before us, in sculpture as fresh as if the work of recent years, while the grandeur of their united labours has crumbled into dust." ___ "It is time, however, to say a few words as to the nature & supposed appearance of the work itself - gleaned from the accounts transmitted to our times by those who were so fortunate as to examine its remains when in a much more perfect state than now. This great work, then, consisted, in the first place, of an immense fosse or ditch - averaging about 40 feet in width by some 20 in depth - which extended over hill & plain, in one unbroken line, from sea to sea. Behind this ditch, on its southern side, and within a few feet of its edge, was raised a rampart of intermingled stone and earth, strengthened by sods of turf; which measured, it is supposed, about 20 feet in height, and 24 in thickness at the base. This rampart or agger was surmounted by a parapet, behind which ran a level platform for the accomodation of its defenders. To the southward of the whole was situated the Military Way - a regular causewayed road, about 20 feet wide - which kept by the course of the Wall at irregular distances, approaching in some places to within a few yards, and in others receding to a considerable extent. Along the entire line from West Kilpatrick to Carriden, there were established, it is believed, Nineteen principal Stations or Forts; we cannot be quite certain of the number, because, towards the east end of the Wall, the traces of their existence have, for two centuries at least, been either very indistinct or entirely obliterated. Calculating by those whose remains have been plainly perceptible, the mean distance between each may be stated at rather more than two English miles. Along these intervals were placed many smaller Castella or Watch-towers, of which only some two or three could be discovered in the year 1755. While the continuous rampart seems to have been little more than a well-formed earthen mound, it is probable that many, if not all the Stations, were either revetted with stone or entirely built of that material. In some places it would even appear that the Vallum itself had been raised upon a stone foundation - probably in situations where the ground [continued on page 66] |
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