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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATION (Remains of) [Bearsden] | Fort (Remains of) Fort (Remains of) Fort (Remains of) Fort (Remains of) |
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Sym Mr. [Minister] of New Kilpatrick Mr. James Main, Windyhill Mr. John Freeman New Kilpatrick Caledonia Romana |
023 | "After passing a short way beyond the village, we reach the site of East Kilpatrick Fort - now a cultivated field. In the spring of the year, before the vegetation has begun to show itself above the surface, a slight appearance of the trenches may yet be seen, especially towards the south west angle of the Station, where the usual curve may be plainly followed by the eye - Unlike the Praetenturae of Duntocher & Castlehill, that of East Kilpatrick did not stand upon a height, but occupied a position on comparatively level ground, in the centre of what may be called a wide & open gorge, through which the highways from Glasgow to Dryment & to Milngavie now proceed. This, as Genl. [General] Roy remarks, was one of those points of the line to which the attention of the natives was very likely to have been directed when watching for an opportunity of forcing their way into the Roman province; hence it was, we may suppose, that this position had been chosen for the establishment of a considerable garrison; as the Fort at East Kilpatrick was certainly one of those which ought to be included among the Praetenturae of the first class - Of an oblong form - rounded as usual at the corners - this station was defended on three sides by a double course of ramparts & ditches, and on the fourth by the line of the continuous wall with its projecting fosse. The area, inclosed within it interior Valla, measured about 480 by 330 feet; from which, on the East, West & South, the entrenchments extended outwards to the breadth of more than 130 feet. The Military Way passed directly through it, and its distance from Castlehill was 2450 yards. In front of its position to the north, the ground becomes wooded & slightly precipitous - descending towards a small rivulet that flows in an easterly direction, bordered upon one side by the village church yard, & on the other by that plantation of trees whose clustered foliage conceals the rugged bank, along which the Wall of Antoninus had passed" - Caledonia Romana Pages 307 & 308. [continued on page 80] |
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[Page] 79Co. [County] Dumbarton & Stirling -- New Kilpatrick Parish
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