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Sites for Families and Children

Get out and about with your family and explore the Antonine Wall.

We’ve selected the sites below as being especially suited for families with children. Download our activity sheets for things to make, take and do, before or after your visit.

© Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project Bar Hill fort from above, a rectangular building and circular stone well visible in the grass. There are trees all around.

Bar Hill

Bar Hill is the highest fort on the Antonine Wall, with good views in all directions, some preserved fort remains, and an adjacent Iron Age fort. Bar Hill offers the best views of the Antonine Wall in its wider landscape setting.

Learn more about Bar Hill >
© Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project The site of Rough Castle fort on a large grassy hill. Deep shadows highlight mounds and ditches of the forts’ structures.

Rough Castle

If you can only visit one Antonine Wall location, make it Rough Castle. This site features the best-preserved fort, with defenses and an annexe, as well as the tallest surviving portion of Antonine Wall Rampart, excellent Ditch profiles, and the only known example of lilia defensive pits.

Learn more about Rough Castle >
© Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project A group of people walk along a grassy woodland path. There are broadleaved trees with green foliage on both sides of them.

Callendar Park

Callendar Park offers long open stretches of the Antonine Wall Ditch, as well as an excellent museum within Callendar House and a Roman themed playpark.

Learn more about Callendar Park >
© Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project Kinneil fortlet seen from above. The grass around the remains is short, the site boundary marked with short wooden posts.

Kinneil House

Visit Kinneil for the only visible example of an Antonine Wall fortlet. Also stop by the Kinneil Museum and, if open for viewing, Kinneil House.

Learn more about Kinneil House >
© Historic Environment Scotland A Roman themed play park with wooden equipment on a sunny day. A smiling child in a white t shirt and a plastic Roman helmet.

Playparks

Why not visit one of the five new Roman themed playparks along the Antonine Wall, for a fun family day out?

Created as part of the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall Project, each one is different and offers exciting new play ideas.

The playparks are located at:

  • Goldenhill Roman Playpark, Duntocher, G81 6BD
  • Monymusk Roman Playpark, Drumchapel, Glasgow, G15 8JL
  • Peel Park Roman Playpark, Kirkintilloch, G66 1AA
  • Auchinstarry Roman Playpark, Kilsyth, G65 0TD
  • Callendar Park Roman Playpark, Falkirk, FK1 1YR
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Enhance your visit

Go Roman Game

Find out how to download our free ‘Go Roman’ game to learn more about the lives of those who live on the Antonine Wall. Perfect to accompany a visit along the wall!

Digital Game

Resources for home

Find out about the range of resource we have to help children and adults alike to learn about, explore, and experience the wall.

Resources for educators

School trips

Planning a visit to the Antonine Wall with your class? Find out our tips to help you plan your trip.

School Trips