The Roman wall that Hadrian didn't build doesn't get a lot of attention, but it's poised to become a World Heritage Site
Posted on 07/09/2008 9:42:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
It begins in Old Kilpatrick, on the River Clyde, and ends in Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth. It runs inconspicuously by cemeteries, schools and rows of shops, along streets where pedestrians walk, probably unknowingly, along its spine.
In some places railway tracks and roads cross it, in others the trains and traffic race alongside. The Antonine Wall is Scottish history's forgotten legacy.
Yet when members of Unesco's World Heritage Committee meet in Quebec tomorrow, the wall -- built by the Romans in AD142 -- will be on their agenda. Having applied for World Heritage Site status, it is on the verge of being recognised as a landmark to be ranked alongside the Great Wall of China and the Egyptian pyramids.
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The Roman wall that Hadrian didn't build doesn't get a lot of attention, but it's poised to become a World Heritage Site
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I was lucky enough to get to walk a pretty good part of it the last time I was in Glasgow. Most of what I saw just looked like any other stone wall.
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