Summerston
Distance Slab (Roman)
Site Name Summerston
Classification Distance Slab (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Antonine Wall; Balmuildy; Castlehill
Canmore ID 44484
Site Number NS57SE 2
NGR NS 57 72
NGR Description NS c. 57 72
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44484
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish New Kilpatrick (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SE 2 c. 57 72
See also NS57SW 1.
A distance slab of the Second Legion, donated to the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow in 1694, has been assigned by Gordon and Horsley to Castlehill fort (NS57SW 1). Early historians have thrown confusion on the exact location of this slab, but it can be reasonably deduced that the spot where it was found was 'near the farm of Summerston' (NS 578 721), probably beside the East Millichen slab (NS57SE 1).
The slab measures 4'5" x 1'11", and its inscription, which duplicates that of the slab from Cadder (NS67SW 19) reads: "IMP.CAES.TITO.AELIO.HADRIANO.AVG.PIO.P.P.LEG.II.AVG.PER.MP.III. DCLXVIS".
Visited by OS (W M J) 14 August 1951.
A Gordon 1726; J Horsley 1732; J Macdonald 1897; G Macdonald 1934.
Antiquarian Observation (1694)
A distance slab of the Second Legion, donated to the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow in 1694, has been assigned by Gordon and Horsley to Castlehill fort (NS57SW 1).
Publication Account (1934)
Early historians have thrown confusion on the exact location of this slab, but it can be reasonably deduced that the spot where it was found was 'near the farm of Summerston' (NS 578 721), probably beside the East Millichen slab (NS57SE 1).
The slab measures 4'5" x 1'11", and its inscription, which duplicates that of the slab from Cadder (NS67SW 19) reads: "IMP.CAES.TITO.AELIO.HADRIANO.AVG.PIO.P.P.LEG.II.AVG.PER.MP.III. DCLXVIS".
