Antonine Wall, Bearsden
Intaglio (Glass)(Roman)
Site Name Antonine Wall, Bearsden
Classification Intaglio (Glass)(Roman)
Canmore ID 44527
Site Number NS57SW 25
NGR NS 54 72
NGR Description NS c. 54 72
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44527
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish New Kilpatrick (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SW 25 c. 54 72.
An intaglio of chalcedony, bearing the figure of a woman, facing right, holding a plate in the right hand, and an olive branch in the left; to the left is an altar with a fire on it, was found by Andrew MacDougall, when digging in a garden on the line of the Roman Wall at Bearsden (NS 54 72). It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by L McL Mann in 1937 (Accession no: FR 489). (Possibly the same intaglio found within the site of Bearsden fort (NS57SW 3.)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1938.
Artefact Recovery (1937)
NS57SW 25 c. 54 72.
An intaglio of chalcedony, bearing the figure of a woman, facing right, holding a plate in the right hand, and an olive branch in the left; to the left is an altar with a fire on it, was found by Andrew MacDougall, when digging in a garden on the line of the Roman Wall at Bearsden (NS 54 72). It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by L McL Mann in 1937 (Accession no: FR 489). (Possibly the same intaglio found within the site of Bearsden fort (NS57SW 3.)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1938.
