<< Our Photo Pages >> Bearsden Roman Bath-house - Stone Fort or Dun in Scotland in East Dunbartonshire
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Bearsden Roman Bath-house Alternative Name: Bearsden FortCountry: Scotland County: East Dunbartonshire Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Milngavie Nearest Village: Bearsden
Map Ref: NS54627208
Latitude: 55.919766N Longitude: 4.327937W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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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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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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A Roman fort once stood at Bearsden. It was one of 16 forts along the Antonine Wall - the most complex frontier ever built by the Roman Army. (Began in 140 AD and abandoned by 160 AD.) The fort is now covered by roads and houses but the well-preserved bath-house remains. It was found in the 1970s by the men working on the housing development.
The carved head of a goddess, probably Fortuna, was found here during excavations in 1973. It is now in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow which has displays on the Antonine Wall.
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