The Antonine Wall, Britain’s Other Roman Wall

The Antonine Wall, Britain’s Other Roman Wall

by | Last updated Jan 12, 2019 | United Kingdom

You may be familiar with Hadrian’s Wall, the 73-mile defensive structure that the Romans built across the north of England in AD 122. But did you know that they built a second line of defence – the Antonine Wall – across Scotland a few years later? I set out to find...
In Search of the Callanish Standing Stones

In Search of the Callanish Standing Stones

by | Last updated Jan 12, 2019 | United Kingdom

I had been wanting to visit the famous Callanish Standing Stones, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, for a long time. I finally got my chance last summer, during a road trip around Scotland. The stones were everything I had expected, but I was unprepared for...