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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castlehill Fort (Bearsden)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.459 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Dunbartonshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Milngavie Nearest Village: Bearsden
Map Ref: NS5248272614
Latitude: 55.923909N Longitude: 4.362409W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Castlehill Fort is a Roman Fortlet on the Antonine Wall south of the A810.
The fort was mostly located on the east slope of the hill. No remains are visible today, but there are good views along the line of the Antonine Wall from the summit. The fort was identified by an altar found in 1826 and a column capital found in 1847. Distance slabs found here are on display in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. Antonine pottery was found in the roots of the fallen trees on the summit.
There is now a beech tree plantation on the top of the hill.
[For an image of one of the distance slabs see our site page for the 'Hunterian Museum'. There are a number of separate Canmore site records for the fort, the distance slabs and an altar - see 44510 (fort); 44571 (altar); 44521 (distance slab); and 44511 (distance slab).]
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