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Castlehill
Distance Slab (Roman)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Distance Slab (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Antonine Wall, Castlehill
Canmore ID 44521
Site Number NS57SW 2
NGR NS 5229 7267
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44521
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish New Kilpatrick (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SW 2 5229 7267.
(NS 5229 7267) Roman Distance-slab found 1847 (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)
This distance slab of the Twentieth Legion was ploughed up in 1847, about half way down the slope of the field between the Peel Glen and Castlehill fort (NS57SW 1). Measuring 2'6" x 2'4", it is incomplete, and its inscription, which duplicates that on the slab noted on NS57SW 111 reads: "IMP.C.T.AELIO.ANTONINO.AVG.PIO.P.P. VEX.LEG.XX.V.(V).P.P.III". It is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Photo.
G Macdonald 1934; J Macdonald 1897; R Stuart 1952.
Artefact Recovery (1847)
NS57SW 2 5229 7267.
(NS 5229 7267) Roman Distance-slab found 1847 (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)
This distance slab of the Twentieth Legion was ploughed up in 1847, about half way down the slope of the field between the Peel Glen and Castlehill fort (NS57SW 1). Measuring 2'6" x 2'4", it is incomplete, and its inscription, which duplicates that on the slab noted on NS 57 SW 111 reads: "IMP.C.T.AELIO.ANTONINO.AVG.PIO.P.P. VEX.LEG.XX.V.(V).P.P.III". It is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Photo.
G Macdonald 1934; J Macdonald 1897; R Stuart 1952.
