Scottish stonemasons rewrite Roman history of Antonine Wall
Scenes revising the history of the Roman occupation of Scotland are being carved for a celebration of the ancient Antonine Wall.
They highlight a hidden truth behind the Empire’s most north-westerly frontier.
Stonemasons Luke Batchelor and Jo Crossland have sculpted a new distance marker for the Rediscovering the Antonine Wall project, which depicts Romans exchanging silver with Celtic warriors in return for land.
Images on milestones dating back to the second century show downtrodden Scots surrendering to the invaders — but historians say they simply paid the Celts off.
The commission, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, hopes to increase awareness of the 3m-high earthen wall — dubbed “Scotland’s largest and most important monument” — which runs 37 miles west to east from Old