Of note is that Graeme in some parts of Scotland is a nickname for the devil, and Gryme's Dyke would thus be the Devil's Dyke, mirroring the name of the Roman Limes in Southern Germany often called 'Teufelsmauer'.
Po nizu napadov Kaledoncev leta 197 je cesar Septimij Sever leta 208 ponovno vdrl na Škotsko in ukazal obnovo delov Antoninovega zidu.