2023年8月2日 · Five Roman themed play parks have been built as part of the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project. The aim for the play parks is to provide links with local Roman heritage as well as educational and learning opportunities for visitors.

This monument comprises a section of the Antonine Wall which crosses Peel Park from the area of Camphill Avenue to the NE gate and Peel Brae. It includes the site of one of the Antonine Wall Roman forts, and also the earthworks of a medieval castle.

Peel Park is a place of historical significance. The line of the Antonine Wall, which was for a period the north-western frontier of the vast Roman Empire, passes through. The Park also has links to mediaeval times when a castle was built in the 13th century by the Comyn family.

The line of the Antonine Wall, which was for a period the north-western frontier of the vast Roman Empire, passes through. The discovery of a wide range of Roman objects, over the years, testifies the former presence of one of the forts built at intervals along the wall.

Peel Park is situated on high ground with good views north to the Campsie Fells and has always had strategic significance. The line of the 2nd-century Antonine Wall runs through the park and one of the Roman forts on the wall lay close by.

Several digs carried out here have uncovered the remains of a Roman fort built as part of the Antonine Wall. The fort would have contained a headquarters building, commander’s house, granaries, barracks and a bath-house. Many finds have been recovered, notably decorated drinking vessels and sandals.

2021年1月8日 · The Antonine Wall (Vallum Antonini) was a defensive wall built by the Romans in present-day Scotland, that ran for 39 miles between the Firth of Forth, and the Firth of Clyde (west of Edinburgh along the central belt).

The Auld Kirk is situated close to the Peel Park, in which a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall was located. A castle belonging to the famous Comyn family was built here in early mediaeval times, but was probably destroyed in the 14th century, perhaps on the orders of King Robert the Bruce.

2024年12月11日 · Antonine Wall, Peel Park, Roman fort and medieval castle - Refurbishment works to play park, in Roman theme, at Peel Park, Kirkintilloch (300026816)

2016年1月1日 · In the years between 1953 and 1961 trenches cut under the auspices of the Hunterian Museum revealed the stone base of the Antonine Wall and the Antonine Ditch, while inside the park there were found to the S of the Antonine Wall remains of streets, gutters and several rows of postholes, belonging to narrow wooden buildings, besides a great ...