Castlehill
Altar (Roman)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Altar (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Antonine Wall, Castlehill
Canmore ID 44571
Site Number NS57SW 9
NGR NS 5260 7271
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44571
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish New Kilpatrick (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SW 9 5260 7271.
(NS 5260 7271) Roman Altar found 1826 (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1973)
A Roman altar was ploughed up in 1826 at NS 5260 7271 (information from A S Robertson to OS, 28 June 1951), E of Castlehill fort (NS57SW 1), presumably on the site of the parade ground (Davies 1968). It measures 3'1 1/2" high by 1'2 1/2" broad. Its well-preserved inscription reads: "CAMPES.TRIBVSET.BRITANNI.QPSETIVS.IVSTVSPREF.COH.
IIII.GAL.V.S.L.L.M", being dedicated to the Spirits of the Campus and to Britannia by the commander of the Fourth Cohort of Gauls, which held Castlehill in the 2nd century. The altar is in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
G Macdonald 1934; R W Davies 1968; A S Robertson 1973.
