Heritage Path of the month
Military Way, Antonine Wall is our Heritage Path of the month for April 2023, click here to view the details
More about Military Way, Antonine Wall
Athough we don’t have a full recent survey of this route, it has been described as the best part of the Antonine Wall to follow and it’s relatively accessible. A shorter section survey follows below; it may be outdated in some of the detail, so we would greatly appreciate any updates…
Dullatur (NS745771) to Castlecary (NS778779):
The right of way goes east from the road, along the good landrover track to East Dullatur. There is a gate with kissing gate / stile at East Dullatur Farm (NS747772) and another before reaching the railway line. Go underneath the railway line. A new kissing gate / stile gives access to the Antonine Wall where there is a Historic Scotland explanatory plaque. Follow the landrover track which continues uphill for a short distance. The route levels off near Westerwood where there is another gate which opens easily. After Westerwood (another route goes south to Cumbernauld from here) the path deteriorates and crosses the Wall ditch to a gate at NS764774. After this path, the route has can be difficult underfoot due to trampling by cattle and poor drainage. There is an obvious way between what were hawthorn hedges, now overgrown, but conditions underfoot have required others to deviate round them. The Wall ditch is now to the north and drainage problems persist until a gate (reportedly very difficult to open) is reached (NS769776). At this point the Wall ditch is re-crossed and a Historic Scotland plaque describes the Antonine Wall. The route continues through woodland on the south side of the Wall. At NS770777, the right of way turns north and then east to reach Wyndford Road. Our surveyor continued along the line of the Wall crossing the first of three fences; the first and last have step-over stiles, the middle two do not. The route reaches a field margin where a Historic Scotland sign has been removed. Access to Wyndford Road is by a difficult-to-open gate. 3.5km
The Heritage Paths (Campsie Fells) Project has a lovely Campsies map leaflet showing this historic route and other paths in the area. To get your hands on one, simply send us an SAE c/o ScotWays (see address top-right) and we’ll post one out to you. If you send a bigger envelope, we know ScotWays have a very nice North Lanarkshire Antonine Walks leaflet too, so you may get both and perhaps some other maps too.
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