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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATION (Remains of) | Auchindavy Fort (Remains of) Auchindavy Fort (Remains of) Auchindavy Fort (Remains of) Auchindavy Fort (Remains of) Auchindavy Fort (Remains of) |
Caledonia Romana J. Duncan Proprietor Dr. [Doctor] Stewart Kirikintilloch W Wallace Esqr. of Auchinvole James Maitland Wester Shirva G. Buchanan Hillhead |
025 | "At the distance of rather more than a mile & three quarters from Kirkintilloch, we reach the Farm house of Auchindavy, situated within what was the area of the next Roman Station to the east of the Peel.Until within the last twenty years, the outline of the ramparts, the excavation of the moats, and the general form of the inclosure, were tolerably distinct; but finding those "Canals", as the trenches were called by the people of the neighborhood, to be rather in his way, the proprietor of the ground has had the surface levelled, and almost every vestige of the ancient works removed. This Fort may be said to have belonged, at all events, to the second, if not the first class of the Wall Stations. It measured within the interior Valla about 370 by 300 feet, and was defended with a triple line of Ramparts and ditches - the Military Way passing, as in most of the other Stations, directly through its centre. The ground on which it stood is but slightly elevated with a gradual descent towards the north; a century ago the place was marshy, & the trenches were for the most past filled with water: at present it is thoroughly drained & cultivated, with little appearance of water in the vicinity, save where the glistening surface of the Forth & Clyde Canal shows itself beyond a small plantation to the south of the Farm Steading. _ Among the principal discoveries of recent years have been various fragments of Roman pottery - a deep hollow, containing charcoal & ashes - a deposit of Stone bullets, about the size of a 24-pound shot, lying many feet under the surface; and a Well of excellent water, surrounded with masonry, and covered by a stone slab, over which the soil had accumulated to a considerable depth. All these were found within what was the area of the Fort; the Stone bullets had no doubt been at one time deposited beside |
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[Page] 48Co. [County] Dumbarton -- Kirkintilloch Parish
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