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Noun: Antonine Wall
  1. A fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain

Type of: bulwark, rampart, wall

Part of: Scotland

Encyclopedia: Antonine Wall