The Antonine Wall defeats distillery

A slow news day at Scotland on Sunday with a story about how the Antonine Wall is halting plans to create jobs in Scotland:

It was built in 142 AD to stop Caledonian tribes marching on Roman outposts. But the Antonine Wall is now stopping the march of development by putting in jeopardy plans for a new distillery and 87 jobs.

Falkirk Distillery Company (FDC) is trying to revive production of one of Scotland's most prized Lowland single malts on a site close to where the wall ran. But the plan has encountered objections from Historic Scotland and now faces a public inquiry.

The government agency says the nearby wall – designated a Unesco World Heritage Site last year – is unique and aims to find out how it was built.

FDC fears it is being used as a "test case" by Historic Scotland on how development close to the wall should be treated in future. Several other businesses, including a hotel and a garden centre, have already been set up close to the wall before the UN designation.

Erm. Except it isn't really and Falkirk Distillery Company realised that if they blamed the Wall, then they would get coverage.