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Found at Bridgeness, West Lothian

Carved slab
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This is a Roman distance slab from the Antonine Wall, erected around AD 142. It was found at Bridgeness in West Lothian, near where the wall meets the Firth of Forth. It is the most elaborate slab known from the wall.

The slab has a central inscription flanked by two scenes. There are five sockets for metal clamps cut in the edges of the slab, which suggests that it was set in a stone frame. It would originally have been painted - some faint traces survive.

This carved slab commemorates building the most eastern part of the Antonine Wall, which cut Scotland in two. Its grand inscription records the army's dedication of the building work to their emperor.

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