ROMAN FORT (R) (site of) . For adjoining length of Antonine Wall, see .00. Until 1913 the site of the west terminal fort of the Antonine Wall was thought to have been at or near Chapel Hill , although in 1790 (J M Morrison MS note, late 18th century) discoveries were made during the construction of the Forth-Clyde Canal of what is now known to be the bath-house of the actual fort. First proved by excavation in 1913 (G Macdonald 1915), the site of the fort was more fully excavated in 1923-4 (S N Miller 1928) before the greater part of it was buried by a housing scheme. Further excavations in 1931 confirmed the outline of the fort, its defences, and their relationship to the Antonine Wall. The fort measured internally 408ft E-W by 442ft N-S, and covered an area of 4 1/2 acres. The bath-house had been situated in an annexe to the south. Full excavation reports and plans given by Miller (1928) and Macdonald (1932). J Bruce 1893; G Macdonald 1934 The site of the fort is now completely built over and there are no extant remains. Visited by OS (WMJ) 27 March 1951, (JLD) 30 November 1956 and (DS) 16 January 1957. No change. Visited by OS (JRL) 18 January 1980. A zone N of Dumbarton Road, formerly occupied by a garage, has been redeveloped for housing. Limited excavation in 1988 with the aid of a machine established the edges of the two outer ditches which lay in the expected position (L J F Keppie 1988). The inner of the two was 2.5m wide, the outer 4-4.5m. S S Frere 1989. NS 460 731. During August 1994, GUARD carried out excavations at the site of a proposed extension to a bus-wash facility at the Gavinburn Bus Depot, Old Kilpatrick. The site was known to overlay the Roman fort. It was anticipated that the extension might impinge on the ditches and possible road line outside the SW corner of the fort. The areas excavated were to be sites of concrete foundations and associated drainage works. A total of fifteen small trenches were opened within an overall area of 16m by 7m. Of the areas investigated, five revealed archaeological remains and none of the features recorded in any one trench appeared to relate to those in any of the other trenches. No evidence for the fort ditches was uncovered, placing the excavations between a break in the defences. Various discrete features, mostly structural in form were recorded along with two substantial rough stone spreads aligned E-W. One trench revealed the remains of a probable road surface.
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ROMAN FORT (R) (site of) . It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
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