Castle Hill
Altar (Roman)
Site Name Castle Hill
Classification Altar (Roman)
Canmore ID 45919
Site Number NS77NW 7
NGR NS 7098 7610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45919
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS77NW 7 7098 7610
(NS 7098 7610) Roman Altar found AD 1895 (NAT)
OS 1:25000 map (1969)
An altar to Silvanus, with a separate stone plinth, was ploughed up on Castle Hill in 1895, some 250 yds NE of the E gate of Bar Hill fort (NS77NW 8). Erected by Caristanius Iustianus, prefect of the Cohors I Hamiorum, it may have formed part of a small shrine, either on the Castle Hill itself, or beside the military way. It measures 3' x 1'6" x 10 1/2", and its inscription reads: (D)EO.SILV(ANO).(C)ARISTAN(IVS).(I)VSTIANV(S).PRAEF.(C)OH I HAM(IOR).V.S.S.L.M. It is in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (Acc No: F 24).
G Macdonald 1934; A S Robertson, M Scott and L Keppie 1975
