| Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort | |
Roman bath house near the fort |
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Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort
Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort shown within North Lanarkshire |
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| OS grid reference | NS731575 |
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| List of places: UK • Scotland • North Lanarkshire | |
Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort, known as Clotagenium ("Clyde-mouth") to the Romans is the remains of a Roman legionary fort in North Lanarkshire near Glasgow.
It was built as part of the western side of the Antonine Wall built around 142 CE. A comparible eastern site would be Inveresk Roman Fort. The forts defenses consisted of a turf and clay rampart 23½ feet (7.16m) thick, supported on thick sandstone foundation slabs, part of which was preserved to a height of around 5 ft (1.5m). A 33 ft (10m) wide berm separated the fort wall and the first of two ditches, each measuring about 15 ft (4.6m) wide and 4 ft (1.2m) deep, and spaced 7 ft (2.1m) apart. It was built in a rhomboid pattern and was large enough to house both troops and cavalry.[1] A number of artifacts were taken from the excavations on the site, such as a carved drain cover, to the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University and are now on show there.[2]
Near the fort are the well preserved remains of a Roman Bath house[3] and a medieval copy of an original Roman Bridge over the South Calder Water.[4] The distance from the thermae (baths) to the fort suggests there are other, as yet undiscovered structures.
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