A fortlet was here before the fort was built for the Antonine Wall.
Visit Duntocher Roman Fort
📍 Location: Duntocher, West Dunbartonshire
👁 What survives: Little of the fort is visible today; archaeology records both a fortlet and later fort.
⭐ Best for: Understanding the development of the western Antonine Wall.
🥾 Visit: An urban and suburban landscape stop with limited visible fort remains.
🏛 Nearby Roman places: Old Kilpatrick, Bearsden and Castlehill
Duntocher at a glance
| Occupation | Antonine period, broadly the AD 140s–160s; exact opening and closing years remain uncertain. |
| Garrison | Unidentified detachment. |
| Size | About 0.2 hectares internally for the fort; the earlier fortlet and adjoining enclosure are separate. |
| Troop estimate | Small detachment; no secure headcount. |
Inscriptions
Nearby legionary distance slabs record frontier construction and do not identify the resident detachment.
Sources for this summary
Hanson, Jones and Hannon (2024), Exploring the Antonine Wall with terrestrial remote sensing
Watch: Duntocher reconstructed
These digital interpretations show how the Roman site may have looked. They are reconstructions, rather than footage of surviving Roman buildings.
The fortlet and the two proposed fort layouts are shown separately below. Options 1 and 2 are alternative reconstructions, not two securely established phases.
12 seconds · Reconstruction of Duntocher Fortlet · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Reconstruction of Duntocher Fort (Option 2) · 16 seconds
16 seconds · Reconstruction of Duntocher Fort (Option 2) · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Reconstruction of Duntocher Fort (Option 1) · 20 seconds
20 seconds · Reconstruction of Duntocher Fort (Option 1) · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Explore finds in video and 3D
Open an item below to play its short video or explore its interactive 3D model. Titles retain the publishers’ findspot labels; nearby discoveries need not have come from inside the fort. Videos are from the Antonine Wall Vimeo Account; interactive models are by Historic Environment Scotland.
Distance Stone of the Second Legion, Duntocher · Video, 20 seconds
20 seconds · Distance Stone of the Second Legion, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Distance Stone of the 2nd Legion, Caerleith Farm, Duntocher · Video, 20 seconds
20 seconds · Distance Stone of the 2nd Legion, Caerleith Farm, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Distance stone of the Twentieth Legion, Cochno Estate, Duntocher · Video, 20 seconds
20 seconds · Distance stone of the Twentieth Legion, Cochno Estate, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Rooftile fragments, Duntocher · Video, 20 seconds
20 seconds · Rooftile fragments, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Distance Stone of the Sixth Legion, Duntocher · Video, 17 seconds
17 seconds · Distance Stone of the Sixth Legion, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Fountainhead, Duntocher · Video, 17 seconds
17 seconds · Fountainhead, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Hypocaust tile, Duntocher · Video, 17 seconds
17 seconds · Hypocaust tile, Duntocher · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Roofing Tiles, Duntocher, Antonine Wall · Interactive 3D
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Distance Slab, Duntocher, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
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Hypocaust Pillar Tile, Duntocher, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
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Distance Slab, Duntocher, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
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Distance Slab, Duntocher, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
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Fountain Head, Duntocher, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
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References
Duntocher Roman Fort (Trove NRHE)
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (N. Hannon, G. Geddes, L. Banaszek), 12 July to 16 July 2021 and reports below
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