Visit Carriden Roman Fort
📍 Location: Carriden, near Bo’ness, West Lothian
👁 What survives: The fort itself has left little obvious surface trace, but inscriptions and archaeological evidence identify an important Antonine site.
⭐ Best for: Understanding the eastern end of the Antonine Wall through inscriptions and landscape.
🥾 Visit: A landscape and archaeology stop with limited visible fort remains.
🏛 Nearby Roman places: Bridgeness, Kinneil and Inveravon
Carriden at a glance
| Occupation | Antonine period, broadly the AD 140s–160s; exact opening and closing years remain uncertain. |
| Garrison | Unknown. |
| Size | About 1.6 hectares (4 acres) internally, with an annexe to the west. |
| Troop estimate | Not securely established. |
Inscriptions
RIB 2138 names the centurion Statilius Telesphorus. RIB 3503 is a Jupiter dedication by the villagers of Veluniate; it identifies a civilian community, not a garrison roster.
Sources for this summary
Explore finds in video and 3D
Open an item below to play its short video or explore its interactive 3D model. Titles retain the publishers’ findspot labels; nearby discoveries need not have come from inside the fort. Videos are from the Antonine Wall Vimeo Account; interactive models are by Historic Environment Scotland.
Stone window, Carriden · Video, 18 seconds
18 seconds · Stone window, Carriden · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
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