River Avon, Falkirk

The Avon is a river largely in the Falkirk council area of Scotland.

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Inveravon

Inveravon is sited on the east side of the River Avon in Scotland. It was long considered to be the likely site for a Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. The fort is one of the most dubious on the wall although some excavation and geophysics has been done. Near Inveravon Tower, the bare traces of a fort were found but there is nothing that an unskilled visitor could identify. Several excavations have unearthed the site's foundations as well as a section of the Military Way. Cobbled surfaces and some stone walls were found. Also ‘expansions’ were discovered, perhaps used as signal or beacon towers. Two temporary marching camps have been found. In the 1950s aerial photography brought these to light. News about them was circulated in the Journal of Roman Studies by J.K. St. Joseph. The sites are south of the Wall and south-east of Inveravon. In 1960, aerial photography revealed a 3rd camp. It was also south of the Wall. Additional camps at Mumrills and on either side of Grangemouth Golf Course have been identified. Many Roman forts along the wall held garrisons of around 500 men. Larger forts like Castlecary and Birrens had a nominal cohort of 1000 men but probably sheltered women and children as well although the troops were not allowed to marry. There is likely too to have been large communities of civilians around the site.

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RAF Grangemouth

Royal Air Force Grangemouth or more simply RAF Grangemouth is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

INEOS Grangemouth

INEOS Grangemouth is a petrochemical complex located adjacent the closed Grangemouth Refinery on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland. Built by BP but latterly operated by INEOS, it houses the last operating ethylene cracker in the UK. It forms one of the INEOS group's major manufacturing sites, producing approximately 1.4 million tonnes per annum of products.

Grangemouth Refinery

Grangemouth Refinery was an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, built by BP but latterly operated by Petroineos. It was the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland, and with its closure left five remaining refineries in the UK. Grangemouth until that point was the oldest refinery in the UK and supplied 65% of Scotland's oil products, including petrol and diesel. The refinery processed its last crude in April 2025, and is slated to fully convert to a fuels terminal from July 2025 onwards.