Kinneil
Roman Fort (Roman)(Possible)
Site Name Kinneil
Classification Roman Fort (Roman)(Possible)
Canmore ID 48207
Site Number NS98SE 9
NGR NS 9820 8057
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
NS98SE 9 9820 8057.
A Roman fort would be expected on the Antonine Wall at or near Kinneil House (NS 9820 8057). No surface traces of it now survive, although the 18th century antiquaries Horsley and Maitland refer to the site of a fort. Sir George Macdonald suggested that it may rather have stood on the site of Dean House (NS 9855 8067), on the E side of the Gil Burn (sic - Dean House is published E of Dean Burn), but excavation there in 1960 revealed no sign of a fort, though the Antonine Ditch was found.
A S Robertson 1973; J Horsley 1732; Sir G Macdonald; RCAHMS 1929.
No trace of a fort were seen.
Visited by OS (D S) 24 January 1957.
This hypothesis is probably outmoded in view of a Roman fortlet having been discovered west of Kinneil House in 1978. See NS98SE 15.
Field Visit (July 1977)
Kinneil House NS 982806 NS98SE 9
Possible fort in this area; excavation in 1960 revealed no trace of site suggested by Macdonald to the E of the Gil Burn.
RCAHMS 1978, visited July 1977.
(Horsley 1732, 159; RCAHMS 1929, p.198, No. 310; Macdonald 1934, 191-2; Robertson 1973, 45; Steer 1961b, 323-4)
