Old Kilpatrick
Distance Slab (Roman)
Site Name Old Kilpatrick
Classification Distance Slab (Roman)
Canmore ID 43266
Site Number NS47SE 13
NGR NS 459 730
NGR Description NS c. 459 730
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SE 13 c. 459 730
A Roman distance slab, presented to Glasgow University prior to 1684 is believed to have been found at Ferrydyke (NS 459 730) (W Maitland 1757); Stuart (1852), however, refers to its being dug up at Chapel Hill (NS 457 732).
The slab measures 2ft 4 1/2 ins by 2ft 2 3/4 ins and is elaborately sculptured. Its inscription reads: IMP.C.T.AE. HADRIANO.ANTONNO,AVG.PIO.P.P.VEX.LEG.XX.V.V.FEC.P.P. IIII CDXI. It is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
G Macdonald 1934; L J F Keppie 1979.
