The Antonine Wall: A 37 Mile Landmark

The Antonine Wall runs through five local authority areas covering the Central Belt of Scotland: West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow City, East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk.
The Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project aims to raise awareness of the Antonine Wall, primarily amongst local communities but also with visitors. The project began in 2018 and will run until 2023. The project has received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Kelvin Valley & Falkirk LEADER Programme, the five local authorities and Historic Environment Scotland.
The project was created to increase engagement with the Antonine Wall through the creation of new and interesting attractions all along the wall, the development of new community engagement initiatives and social media pages. In addition to this film, the project has installed two Roman head sculptures, five replica distance stones, five Roman-inspired play parks, community sculptures and a Roman Granary Garden. The project has also created educational resources including new information booklets, replica object handling boxes and the creation of Antonine Wall comics and murals in collaboration with young people.
Inspired by the 1950's 'Antonine Wall' film by Professor Anne Robertson, 'The Antonine Wall: a 37-Mile Landmark' takes us on a journey along the World Heritage site. On the way you will discover the diversity of the landscapes and people living along the former frontier of the Roman Empire.
Once built to divide nations the Antonine Wall now unites communities across Scotland and Europe.

[@bradscott090909]

Needs more attention and acclaim than it's getting !

[@JohnLovesSpain]

Wonderful film, thank you very much.

[@bradscott090909]

Fantastic piece of work ... audio / visual / cultural masterpiece!

[@monicaclark7490]

So wonderfully shot, the girls walking in the foorsteps of past experts , and that fantastic running theme of the old car in both films. I'm walking there next year and it's going to be such a useful adjunct to the guide. Well done!! Monica

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I've done a few videos myself on the Antonine Wall. It's a really interesting aspect of the Scottish landscape and it deserves to be more famous than it is.

[@gemshadowsong]

Excellent Presentation! Now I want to visit!

[@rsc9520]

Me too !!!

[@gilliandick1441]

Having missed out on the world premier at Bo'ness Hippodrome back in October 2022, it's so lovely to get the chance to see this beautiful film. This deserves to be seen by a wide audience. Well done to everyone involved. You showcased the beauty of the built and natural environment across the central belt. And the visuals around Aurelius and Silvanus were amazing. David, Lawrence and Jim are brilliant guides and commentators. Loved the reference back to the original old car.

[@lalgerino1239]

Urbicus was a native of Numidia (modern Algeria), and former governor of Lower Germany, who was sent to Britain as one of the first commissions of the emperor Antoninus Pius soon after he came to power in July 138AD And As governor of Britain from ad 138 or ad 139 to perhaps ad 144, he was responsible for the construction of the Antonine Wall in Scotland

[@alanoneill3065]

I always knew the "Duntocher" Fort as the Goldenhill fort

[@astracash]

Brilliant photography, well done to all people involved in bringing the different projects of this history to life. Congratulations to all.

[@lalgerino1239]

Urbicus was a native of Numidia (modern Algeria), and former governor of Lower Germany, who was sent to Britain as one of the first commissions of the emperor Antoninus Pius soon after he came to power in July 138AD And As governor of Britain from ad 138 or ad 139 to perhaps ad 144, he was responsible for the construction of the Antonine Wall in Scotland

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

Thanks mate

[@jeffyoung60]

No one had thought to recreate a short portion of the wall so that tourists and visitors could actually see what it looked like and how the northern wall was constructed. A reproduction of a milecastle would be great, too. I suppose there are limitations with funds, land, and government permission. No one knows what the Roman's named the wall. One possibility was that it was simply referred to as the North Wall, or, the Northern Wall.

[@mackenziefan5019]

A reconstruction of a short length of the wall was thought of but rejected for the reasons explained in the film.

[@philipthornhill2337]

The Scottish lowlands are not the part of Scotland, South of The Antonine Wall: they're the part between the Highlands and the Southern UPLANDS. Sorry but that just irritated me. Great photography. Personally not a big fan of the philosiphising platitudes at the end about walls dividing, controlling etc... There must have been something more interesting to say .....about the people who lived between the walls and what we know about them, for instance: what maybe made them different to the people who later became known as the Picts to the North. Or maybe you could have quoted Gildas writing in the 6th c. : "Quos iussit construire inter duo maria trans insulam murum, ut esset arcendis hostibus turba instructus terrori civibusque tutamini; qui vulgo irrationabili absque rectore factus non tam lapidus quam cespitibus non profuit."

[@mackenziefan5019]

Here we see History being "explained" in the context of the Present and modern narratives/ issues. This is a tried method of trying to make History "relevant" to Modern Times. Hence a modern 'refugee' is wheeled on to explain the importance of "belonging". The aerial shots are great and I love hearing Jim and Lawrence talking. Becca Jones is always great too.