Already immediately after the reign starting of Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antonius (Antoninus Pius) in the year AD 138 the conquest of parts of southern Scotland began. From 142 the construction of the Antonine Wall was begun.

It ran approx. 2 years later form Bridegness at the river Forth to Old Kilpatrick at the river Clyde. This corresponds to a length of 40 roman miles (a mile = approx. 1.46 km). It was built from turf on a stone foundation. His width was approx. 4.5 meters, the height 3 - 4 meters.

First six forts were constructed for the strengthening. Still before the finishing these were complemented. Finally it were 19 forts. Small forts (these looked similar to the milecastles of the Hadrian's Wall) wer altered in guard towers at least in part.

Approx. 6 - 9 meters to the north before the rampart a ditch was dug up. It was 12,2 meters wide and 3,7 meters deep. The excavation material was piled up to the north from that to a mound. This ditch with the mound is the most striking which is visible today still.

South of the rampart the so-called military street was.

The rampart was built through legionnaires, guarded later by auxiliary soldiers however.

With a short lower break the rampart was obviously used until the year 164. It seems however, that Lucius Septimius Severus at his campaigns from AD 208 parts of the rampart occupied again and let them reconstruct. After his death in the year 211 the boundary was moved however onto the Hadrian's Wall again.

Unfortunately there was not any literature for me to the date of the publication of the reports about the Antonine Wall (except for few short sections in books). I have my information from the lexicon, the listed links and the informative signa on site. The whole rampart with the sight-worth finds is onto the 1 : 50 000 landranger maps (64 Glasgow and 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow) drawn in.