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Arniebog
Altar (Roman)
Site Name Arniebog
Classification Altar (Roman)
Canmore ID 45815
Site Number NS77NE 12
NGR NS 7685 7716
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45815
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Cumbernauld
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS77NE 12 7685 7716.
A small Altar, uninscribed, found in 1842 on the farm of Arniebog about 400 yards south of the Antonine Wall, while forming a drain in marshy land, measures 1' 10 1/2" in height and 10" in breadth. Till recently, the spot where it was found, was covered by a sheet of water known as Loch Barr, and which is now drained. The Altar is in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
J Macdonald 1897
Area NS 7685 7716. Area of discovery sited to name Loch Bar on OS map. This loch has been drained.
Visited by OS (JLD) 18 January 1957
