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Drumquhassle
Site of Drumquhassle Roman Fort^[1]
Place in the Roman world
Province	Britannia
Stationed military units
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20th

Location
County	Stirling
Country	United Kingdom

Drumquhassle was a Roman fort associated with the Gask Ridge in Scotland.^[2] It was found from aerial photography in the late 1970s.^[3] The name selected for the fort deliberately made it hard for English born readers to pronounce.^[4] The fort was from the Flavian period;^[5] it was built and briefly occupied during the administration of Sallustius Lucullus.^[6] It is known as a "Glen-blocker" fort and is located within sight of Loch Lomond.

The fort is located in Stirlingshire, east of Drymen.^[7] It is associated with the road running from Loudoun Hill past Barochan towards Malling, Bochastle and Dalginross.^[8] This road was therefore on the Highland Boundary Fault Frontier.^[9]

It may have been on more than one Roman road.^[10] It has been suggested that Drumquhassle might be connected to Doune via the Fords of Frew.^[11]

The glenblocker forts ran from Drumquhassle to Stracathro.^[12] The fort is about 50 metres (160 ft) west of a reliable spring which was presumably the soldiers' main water source.^[13]

Finds

An enamelled brooch was found as well as some sling bullets.^[14] Pottery from Gaul known as Terra nigra was also recovered.^[15] Several coins were also found.^[16]

References

↑ "Drumquhassle". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
↑ "Drumquhassle". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
↑ Woolliscroft, D. J. "Drumquhassle". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Keppie, Lawrence (September 2010). "The Romans in Southern Scotland: Future Discoveries*". Glasgow Archaeological Journal. 16 (16): 1–27. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ MASSER, PAUL; BATESON, DONAL; EVANS, JEREMY; WILLIS, STEVEN; ALLASON-JONES, LINDSAY (September 2010). "Recent Work at Drumquhassle Roman Fort, Stirlingshire". Scottish Archaeological Journal. 24 (2): 147–168. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ "Drumquhassle Highland Glen Fort". Roman Britain. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ "OS 25 inch map 1892-1949, with Bing opacity slider". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
↑ Keppie, Lawrence; Newall, Frank. "Excavations at the Roman fort of Barochan Hill, Renfrewshire, 1972 and 1984-1986". Glasgow Archaeological Journal. 20 (20): 71. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Scottish Naturalist (v.104 (1992) ed.). 1983. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Wilson, Allan (September 2010). "Roman Penetration in Strathclyde South of the Antonine Wall PART ONE: THE TOPOGRAPHICAL FRAMEWORK". Glasgow Archaeological Journal. 19 (19): 1–30. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Page, R.; Page, C. "The excavation of a disused military road at Buchlyvie, Central Region". Glasgow Archaeological Journal. 19 (19). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Woolliscroft, D. J. "Drumquhassle". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Woolliscroft, D. J. "FIELDWALKING FINDS FROM THE ROMAN FORTS OF BERTHA, DALGINROSS AND STRAGEATH". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Woolliscroft, D. J. "ARCHAEOLOGY VERSUS TACITUS' AGRICOLA, A FIRST CENTURY WORST CASE SCENARIO". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ Hoffmann, Birgitta. "Drumquhassle". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ "Drumquhassle Highland Glen Fort". Roman Britain. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ "Gask Ridge". Scribble Maps. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
↑ "Gask Ridge Map". HeritageDaily. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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