Kirkintilloch was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall, occupied during the relatively brief Antonine occupation of central Scotland (c. AD 142–c. 160s). It sat on a prominent hill (the site later occupied by Peel Park and the medieval Comyn castle), positioned to control the crossing of the Luggie Water and a stretch of the Wall east of Bar Hill and west of Auchendavy.
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As one of the chain of garrison forts strung along the turf-built Antonine Wall, Kirkintilloch helped enforce the northern frontier of the empire during its short forward push beyond Hadrian's Wall. Its hilltop siting made it a visually commanding link in the cordon, though its garrison unit is not securely identified epigraphically.
Compared with neighbouring forts such as Bar Hill, Croy Hill and Bearsden, Kirkintilloch is poorly understood: medieval reuse of the summit (the Peel) and modern urban development have largely destroyed or obscured the Roman levels. Limited 20th-century investigations have recovered traces of the Wall rampart, ditch and some internal features in the Peel Park area, but no comprehensive plan of the fort interior has been recovered, and finds are correspondingly sparse.
Kirkintilloch was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall, occupied during the relatively brief Antonine occupation of central Scotland (c. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Kirkintilloch is classified as a Roman fort — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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