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Kieran Dodds
Dec 01, 2025
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The Roman Empire faltered at Falkirk. Either the Romans recognised their limits or admitted the barren Highlands weren’t worth conquering. The final frontier runs not along Hadrian’s famous wall (begun in 122 AD) but sixty miles north at the 40-mile-long Antonine Wall (begun in 142AD). A few forward camps and ‘Glen-blocker’ forts are found at the distan…

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