Seabegs Wood

Bonnybridge, United Kingdom

Seabegs Wood is a woodland offering impressive views of the Antonine Wall ditch and rampart, and is also important as the site of a Roman fortlet. It is also the best place to see the visible remains of the military way, the Roman road that connected all of the forts along the Antonine Wall. The military way is located about 30m south of the Antonine Wall rampart, and can be traced as a 7m-wide cambered mound with a visible road surface.

Seabegs Wood can be found 1m west of Bonnybridge on the B816 Castlecary to Bonnybridge road, just south of the forth and Clyde Canal. Access via a signposted track.

References:

Antonine Wall

Address

Seabegs Road 54, Bonnybridge, United Kingdom

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Details

Founded: 142 AD
Category: Prehistoric and archaeological sites in United Kingdom

More Information

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk
www.antoninewall.org

Rating

4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

handyman (7 months ago)
A place with a unique history. It seems to be ordinary grass, but a trained eye will notice a small gorge that was of great importance for this region several hundred years earlier. If you are interested, please refer to the history textbooks.

Craig Blair (11 months ago)

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