Visit date(s):             May 1, 2025

Nearby sites on trip: Over 2 weeks: Bamberg; Potsdam; Primeval Beech Forests, Serrahn; Stralsund and Wismar; Lübeck; Green Belt (T), Schaalsee; Schwerin Residence Ensemble; Berlin Modernism Housing Estates, Wohnstadt Carl Legien; Museumsinsel.

Overnight location:  Stuttgart before, Bamberg after

Location(s): Antonine Wall (August 2004), Hadrian’s Wall (spring 1996), German Limes:  Fort site and civil settlement of Jagsthausen central and eastern part (Römerbad, 2025, present review focus and photo)

Travel method(s):  Car.  We were crossing the Roman frontier, so I looked for a site that wasn’t far off our route.  We also saw a sign along the road when we crossed the Limes.

Travel duration:  ~1-2 hours between accommodations and site

Visit duration:  less than 1 hour

OUV:  Hadrians Wall is the most complete of the three frontiers.  We travelled the length of it years ago and enjoyed stopping at each location along the way.  The Antonine Wall and German Limes could be tackled in a similar way, but I’m not sure there are modern routes that parallel as nicely, so it might involve quite a bit of weaving around.  However, if we’re on a route that crosses either, parks with Roman remains make interesting rest and stretch stops.

Best of:  Information plaques showed how the artefact pieces fit into the Roman structures. 

Worst of: Individual sites are small and isolated, so visiting several may require some travel.