Not much to see here as the town and a medieval fort have been built over what might have been here.
Visit Kirkintilloch Roman Fort
📍 Location: Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire
👁 What survives: No clear fort remains are visible today; later development overlies the Roman site.
⭐ Best for: Understanding how the Antonine Wall passed through a modern town.
🥾 Visit: An urban visit rather than a conventional archaeological ruin.
🏛 Nearby Roman places: Auchendavy, Bar Hill and Cadder
Kirkintilloch at a glance
| Occupation | Antonine period, broadly the AD 140s–160s; exact opening and closing years remain uncertain. |
| Garrison | The resident unit has not been securely identified in the evidence summarised here. |
| Size | Often estimated at about 1.4 hectares, but the 2024 survey discussion questions the reconstruction: a larger fort or an annexe may explain the southern ditches. |
| Troop estimate | No secure numerical estimate is established here. Fort area alone cannot determine the number present. |
Watch: Kirkintilloch reconstructed
These digital interpretations show how the Roman site may have looked. They are reconstructions, rather than footage of surviving Roman buildings.
50 seconds · Reconstruction of Kirkintilloch Fort · 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 Twentieth Legion, Eastermains, Kirkintilloch · Video, 20 seconds
20 seconds · Distance Stone of the Twentieth Legion, Eastermains, Kirkintilloch · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Distance Stone of the Sixth Legion, Eastermains, Kirkintilloch · Video, 33 seconds
33 seconds · Distance Stone of the Sixth Legion, Eastermains, Kirkintilloch · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Amphora fragments, Kirkintilloch · Video, 20 seconds
20 seconds · Amphora fragments, Kirkintilloch · Antonine Wall Vimeo Account
Tombstone, Kirkintilloch, Antonine Wall · Interactive 3D
Drag to rotate and zoom to examine the object.
Dedication Slab, Kirkintilloch, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
Explore Dedication Slab, Kirkintilloch, Antonine Wall on Sketchfab
Distance Slab, Kirkintilloch, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
Explore Distance Slab, Kirkintilloch, Antonine Wall on Sketchfab
Amphora, Kirkintilloch, Antonine Wall · Open on Sketchfab
Interactive 3D model by Historic Environment Scotland. Open the model on Sketchfab to rotate, zoom and examine the object.
Inscriptions
Inscriptions and sculpture from Kirkintilloch and the surrounding Wall corridor must be assessed by findspot. Nearby legionary distance stones record building work rather than the fort’s permanent garrison.
References
Kirkintilloch Roman Fort (Trove NRHE)
