Glasgow

• Glasgow is a cathedral city and port located on the River Clyde in Scotland.
• The city lies on the route of the Roman Frontier known as the Antonine Wall and artefacts from the Wall are held in the Hunterian Museum Glasgow.

Antonine Wall

• The remains of the turf and stone embankment known as the Antonine Wall (c.142 CE) which ran east west from the Clyde to the Forth, passes to the north of Glasgow.
• The best preserved Fort is to be found at Bar Hill.

Roman Sites

• Bar Hill
  • Located 13 miles (21km) northeast of Glasgow, this was a Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall.

Museums

• Hunterian Museum Glasgow
  • Items from the Wall are to be found in the Hunterian Museum Glasgow.

Roman Roads

• Dere Street
  • ran near the East coast from Corbridge to Edinburgh, and on to Inveresk (Veluniate) on the Antonine Wall.
• A Roman Road
  • ran on the west coast from Carlisle to the Antonine Wall.
• A ‘Military Way’
  • linked all the Forts behind the Antonine Wall in a similar way to the Military Way behind Hadrian’s Wall.

Nearby Sites

• Edinburgh
• Cramond Roman Fort
• Inchtuthil Legionary Fortress
• The Highland Line
• Traprain Law
• Trimontium

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow