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Section of Antonine Wall foundation with drainage culvert
Exposed sections
of the Antonine Wall at Hillfoot Cemetery, 1 mile from
Bearsden in southwestern
Scotland near Glasgow, shows careful construction methods used by Roman
legionaries who built and maintained the Wall between 142 and 165 AD. The
Antonine Wall at this location was originally 4.3 meters wide, later widened
to 5 meters. Each of the exposed basal sections has outside rows of large
dressed curbstones and a drainage system. This culvert crosses a well- preserved
basal section of the Wall at Hillfoot, showing the large boulders and cobbles
used in the foundation. The Antonine Wall itself was made of turf (unlike
Hadrian's Wall, which
was built entirely of cut stone).
[Fig.1: Drainage culvert in Antonine Wall at Hillfoot (Photo: Athena
Review).]
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