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Categories: Roman frontiers, Coordinates on Wikidata, Linear earthwork, World Heritage Sites in Scotland, Antonine Wall
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Antonine Wall  Graham's Dyke  Grahames Dyke  Military Way  Severan Wall
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A fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain WordNet 3.0
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A fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as Vallum Antonini, was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Wikipedia
A fortification of stone and turf built by the Roman Empire across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland. Wiktionary
Fortification. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
rampart
line of defense
defensive wall
limes
HAS PART
Cramond Roman Fort
Inveresk Roman Fort
Bar Hill Fort
Wilderness Plantation
PART OF
Scotland
borders of the Roman Empire
Limes Britannicus
COMMISSIONED BY
Antonius Pius
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
HERITAGE DESIGNATION
World Heritage Site
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Scotland
NAMED AFTER
Antonius Pius
REPLACES
Hadrian's Wall
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Antonine Wall
Wikipedia
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Antonine Wall
Wikidata
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Antonine Wall
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Antonine Wall
Wikipedia Redirections
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Antonine wall, Graham's dyke, Grahames Dyke, Military Way, Severan Wall, Wall of Antoninus
Wikidata Alias
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Graham's Dyke, Severan Wall

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