Auchendavie (East)
Distance Slab (Roman)
Site Name Auchendavie (East)
Classification Distance Slab (Roman)
Canmore ID 45159
Site Number NS67NE 10
NGR NS 67 75
NGR Description NS c.67 75
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45159
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS67NE 19 c.67 75.
A distance slab of the 20th Legion, found E of Auchendavie (NS 677 749) before 1607 is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (Information from A S Robertson to OS, 1951). Alleged to have come from Balmuildy, when first mentioned by Camden in 1607, it was at Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire. It measures 3'2 1/2" x 2'10", and its inscription reads:
"IMP.CAESARI.T.AELIO.HADRIANO.ANTONINO.AVG.PIO.P.P.VEXILLATIO. LEG.XX.VAL.VIC.F. PER.MIL.P.III".
The precise provenance of the slab is unknown (Information from A S Robertson)
G Macdonald 1934; Camden nd.; R Stuart 1852.
Antiquarian Mapping (1607)
NS67NE 19 c.67 75.
A distance slab of the 20th Legion, found E of Auchendavie (NS 677 749) before 1607 is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (Information from A S Robertson to OS, 1951). Alleged to have come from Balmuildy, when first mentioned by Camden in 1607, it was at Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire. It measures 3'2 1/2" x 2'10", and its inscription reads:
"IMP.CAESARI.T.AELIO.HADRIANO.ANTONINO.AVG.PIO.P.P.VEXILLATIO. LEG.XX.VAL.VIC.F. PER.MIL.P.III".
The precise provenance of the slab is unknown (Information from A S Robertson)
G Macdonald 1934; Camden nd.; R Stuart 1852.