I mentioned in an earlier post, about the Falkirk Wheel, that the boat trip through the Roughcastle Tunnel takes you under the Antonine Wall.

It’s only a short walk uphill from the Tunnel’s entrance to some remains of the wall. Unlike its perhaps more famous counterpart further south, the stone built Hadrian’s Wall, the Antonine Wall was only ever a turfed barrier with a ditch. It’s all overgrown now:-

Information board:-

The walk up towards the Antonine Wall above the Roughcastle Tunnel gave us a great view of the aqueduct we had just traveled on:-

A subsequent boat was making the trip:-

Aqueduct from other side (stitch of two photos):-

Roughcastle Tunnel Entrance from Falkirk Wheel side. Note “traffic” light:-

On boat:-

Mechanism:-

Leaving wheel to approach Roughcastle Tunnel:-

On wheel while it rotated:-

Wheel arm rotating:-

Our previous visit to the Falkirk Wheel was in 2015. I posted about it here.

In April we visited again but this time took a trip on the wheel.

On boat:-

Wheel mechanism from boat:-

The wheel’s arch:-

The trip involves a journey through the Roughcastle Tunnel (which goes under the Antonine Wall!):-

The lights in the tunnel change colour_

Tunnel exit:-

View from Wheel:-