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Bar Hill Roman Fort – Castle Hill Loop from Auchinstarry

Eddie Mullen

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Bar Hill Roman Fort – Castle Hill Loop from Auchinstarry

Eddie Mullen planned a hike

June 3, 2022

Bar Hill Roman Fort – Castle Hill Loop from Auchinstarry

Moderate

02:55

10.7km

3.7km/h

170m

160m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Includes a movable bridge

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After 2.96 km for 11 m

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4.19 km

Bar Hill Roman Fort

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Bar Hill Roman Fort is situated in a fantastic position overlooking the Kelvin Valley and the Campsie Fells. The fort was built for troops manning the Antonine Wall; which was …

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4.44 km

Castle Hill is a dramatic Iron Age hill fort that affords breathtaking views along the Antonine Wall. Roman soldiers from nearby Bar Hill fort watched over the empire’s northern frontier from this spot.

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4.86 km

Antonine Wall at Bar Hill

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The Antonine Wall was a turf wall, built on stone foundations by the Romans, about 20 years after Hadrian's Wall. It stretches from coast to coast across the central belt …

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6.96 km

Croy Hill Roman Fort

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Croy Hill is one of 16 known Roman forts built along the Antonine Wall from AD140. From the summit, you are afforded great views over the Kilsyth Hills to the …

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7.29 km

The northernmost Roman fort in Britain!

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Where the trees are were the fort buildings. Read the plaques, including at the fortlets further up the hill beyond the trees. Fascinating place with amazing views, particularly towards Kilsyth!

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