Barochan Hill Fort 

Excavation Report https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/gas.1996.20.20.41

Visit Barochan Hill

Barochan Hill is near Houston, Renfrewshire. Use the archaeological record to locate the rural fort and establish access.

Map and directions

Barochan Hill at a glance

OccupationBuilt around AD 79–80 and probably occupied for little more than a decade.
GarrisonUnknown.
SizeAbout 1.4 hectares internally, with an annexe of about 0.4 hectares.
Troop estimateAbout 500 is a broad cohort-scale comparison, not an attested strength.

Inscriptions

No unit-identifying inscription is cited in the site account.

References

Historic Environment Scotland: scheduled monument record

https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/gas.1996.20.20.41

Barochan Hill Fort

A full description is found on the website Roman Britain of Barochan Hill Fort.