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|  New Message Posted!2006-06-21 20:04
Scotland's culture minister has thrown her weight behind the bid to make the Antonine Wall a World Heritage Site.
Patricia Ferguson said the wall, at one time the most northern frontier of the Roman Empire, was "an outstanding archaeological treasure".
Five local authorities are also supporting the bid, which was officially launched in 2003.
The Antonine Wall runs 37 miles from Bo'ness, near Falkirk, to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire.
The support signing ceremony was witnessed by archaeologists from several European countries who were in Scotland for a conference on the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
The wall was built in 140AD to keep Pictish warriors out of the Roman Empire after the conquest of southern Scotland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5100616.stm
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