Clydebank, Duntocher
Distance Slab (Roman)
Site Name Clydebank, Duntocher
Classification Distance Slab (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Cochno Estate
Canmore ID 43291
Site Number NS47SE 36
NGR NS 49 72
NGR Description NS c. 49 72
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43291
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SE 36 c. 49 72.
A Roman distance slab was presented to Glasgow University in 1695 by Mr Hamilton of Barns, proprietor of Cochno. An inference that it was probably found near Duntocher (NS 4972) was rejected by Macdonald, who also considered it to be a waster as no distance inscription had been cut. Recent research suggests otherwise, and that it clearly belongs to one of the two sectors completed by the XX Legion west of Castlehill. The slab, with little or no ornament, measures 2 ft 5 3/4 ins by 1 ft 10 ins and reads: IMP.C.T.AE.HADRIANO.ANTONINO.AVG.PIO.P.P.VEX.LEG.XX.V.V. FEC.P.
It is in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
G Macdonald 1934; A Gordon 1726; L Keppie 1979
Artefact Recovery (1695)
NS47SE 36 c. 49 72.
A Roman distance slab was presented to Glasgow University in 1695 by Mr Hamilton of Barns, proprietor of Cochno. An inference that it was probably found near Duntocher (NS 4972) was rejected by Macdonald, who also considered it to be a waster as no distance inscription had been cut. Recent research suggests otherwise, and that it clearly belongs to one of the two sectors completed by the XX Legion west of Castlehill. The slab, with little or no ornament, measures 2 ft 5 3/4 ins by 1 ft 10 ins and reads: IMP.C.T.AE.HADRIANO.ANTONINO.AVG.PIO.P.P.VEX.LEG.XX.V.V. FEC.P.
It is in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
G Macdonald 1934; A Gordon 1726; L Keppie 1979
