The Antonine Wall is one of the most important but perhaps least recognised Roman remains in Scotland. The wall runs from Bowling on the north bank of the Clyde, along the southern slopes of the Kelvin valley to Bo’ness on the Forth in the east. While sections of the turf wall and ditch are still visible, and others have been ‘fossilised’ under present day roads, wider protection and recognition is limited.
The Word Heritage Site nomination is all about raising the profile of this historic boundary feature, whilst the work we carried out on the definition of buffer zones was designed to protect areas along the wall where development or other kinds of change could affect the setting of the monument, and people’s understanding and enjoyment of it.
With no established methodology in place as to how a buffer zone should be established for World Heritage Sites, we developed our own methodology based upon visibility to and from the proposed Site, and analysis of the land use setting.
