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Croy Hill
Altar (Roman)
Site Name Croy Hill
Classification Altar (Roman)
Canmore ID 45876
Site Number NS77NW 11
NGR NS 7348 7640
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45876
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Cumbernauld
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS77NW 11 7348 7640.
(NS 7348 7640) Roman Altar found AD 1913 (NAT)
OS 6" map (1968)
A small rough, Roman altar, measuring 1'1 3/4" x 7 3/4", was found in 1913 rather less than 100 yds S of Croy Hill fort. It was donated to the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, with the small base on which it had stood. It was dedicated to Mars, and its inscription reads: "MAR(T)I. CDB.VS".
G Macdonald 1934; F Haverfield 1913
