Barochan
Handle(S) (Roman), Patera (Roman)
Site Name Barochan
Classification Handle(S) (Roman), Patera (Roman)
Canmore ID 43122
Site Number NS46NW 4
NGR NS 406 692
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43122
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Houston
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NW 4 c.406 692.
A Roman patera, datable to the 1st century AD (A S Robertson 1970) was found in the autumn of 1886, about 1 1/2 to 2ft from the surface, when digging part of a field a little N of the spot where the Barochan Cross was standing in 1890 (NS 4056 6902 - see NS46NW 1). It measured 9 1/2 ins in diameter at the mouth, 6 1/2 ins high, with the handle 8 1/8 ins long; the latter was stamped - OLIBI, the maker having been Publius Cipius Polibius. It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1920 (Accession no: FT 90).
Two bronze handles were found at the same time, along with the patera. Their present location is not known.
D Murray 1890; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1921; J Curle 1932; J G Scott 1966
NS 4060 6922 is the approximate centre of the area to which this find is sited.
Visited by OS (WMJ) 28 March 1951
