Cleddans

Cleddans
Cleddans Farm from the air[1]
Founded during the reign ofAntoninus Pius
Attested byTrial trenching
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceBritannia
Stationed military units
Legions
20th
6th
Location
Coordinates55°55′12.7″N 4°23′19.3″W / 55.920194°N 4.388694°W / 55.920194; -4.388694
TownGlasgow
CountryUnited Kingdom
Site notes
ConditionPloughed over
Excavation dates1980 (Trial trenching)

Cleddans is the site of a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland.[2] Its postulated existence was confirmed by trial trenching in 1979. Evidence of building work on Cleddans and on the Wall by units of both the sixth and the twentieth legions has been found in the area.

  1. ^ "Cleddans". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Cleddans". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 14 November 2017.