Balmore Haughs
Coin (Roman)
Site Name Balmore Haughs
Classification Coin (Roman)
Canmore ID 44506
Site Number NS57SE 7
NGR NS 598 731
NGR Description NS c. 598 731
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Baldernock (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS57SE 7 c. 598 731.
A worn 'second brass' of Antoninus Pius (138-161) was shown to Macdonald by Mr John Bartholomew of Glenorchard, whose gardener had dug it up.
G Macdonald 1934.
(Area centred NS 5985 7312) The area of the find was indicated on the Field Sheet by Mr Bartholomew, who stated that it had not been found in the garden of the house, but in Balmore Haughs. Though the coin was kept at Glenorchard House, it had been mislaid at the time of visit.
Visited by OS (J F C) 15 February 1954.
