A separate Roman fort at Bridgeness is not securely established. The famous distance slab, discovered here in 1868, records construction on the Antonine frontier.
Visit Bridgeness
📍 Location: Bridgeness, Bo’ness, West Lothian
👁 What survives: No securely identified fort remains are visible; the site is especially important for the Bridgeness distance slab.
⭐ Best for: Exploring the eastern end of the Antonine Wall and its monumental inscriptions.
🥾 Visit: An urban-edge stop associated with the distance slab and the eastern end of the Antonine frontier.
🏛 Nearby Roman places: Kinneil, Carriden and Inveravon
Bridgeness at a glance
| Occupation | Antonine period, broadly the AD 140s–160s; exact opening and closing years remain uncertain. |
| Garrison | No resident garrison can be assigned to an unconfirmed fort. |
| Size | No securely established fort plan. |
| Troop estimate | No defensible fort-garrison estimate. |
Inscriptions
The Bridgeness distance slab records work by the Second Legion Augusta on the Antonine frontier. It does not establish a fort at its findspot.
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Bridgeness (Trove NRHE)
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