The Implications of LiDAR for Our Understanding of the Building of the Antonine Wall
A Reconsideration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17505180 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W S Hanson (University of Glasgow, corresponding author), N Hannon (Historic Environment Scotland) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Britannia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-113X • E-ISSN: 1753-5352 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0068113x26100725 |
| OpenAlex | W7155198914 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
A previous assessment of the measurement unit employed in building the Antonine Wall compared the distance slabs with LiDAR-derived three-dimensional distances on the ground and concluded that it was the pes Drusianus . Using more precisely determined discovery locations, correcting an error in previous published calculations and making allowance for installations already built, establishes that the unit was the pes Monetalis . The wider implications are examined, concluding that postulated secondary forts were, indeed, later additions; that fortlets were an integral part of the original plan, though not all were constructed before the rampart; that there is no direct correlation between the location of the slabs and pre-existing installations; and that the Bridgeness–Avon sector was one of the earliest to be constructed
Allowance (engineering) · Lidar · Unit (ring theory) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
The Antonine Wall
Polychromy on the Antonine Wall Distance Sculptures
The Antonine Wall Distance Slabs
The Antonine Wall Fortlet at Wilderness Plantation, Lanarkshire
The eastern terminus of the Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall's distance-slabs
The Design of the Antonine Wall
Excavation at Kinneil fortlet on the Antonine Wall, 1980-1
A new Roman distance-slab from the Antonine Wall
Some excavations on the line of the Antonine Wall, 1957-80
The building of the Antonine Wall
Was there an original causeway across the Antonine Wall ditch at Rough Castle
Notes on the Roman Forts at Old Kilpatrick and Croy Hill, and on a Relief of Jupiter Dolichenus
The Roman Fort at Mumrills, near Falkirk
Excavation of Castlecary Fort on the Antonine Vallum
Note of a Sculptured Roman Slab recently discovered on the estate of Grange, Linlithgowshire, and presented to the Museum
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |