Drumquhassle

Drumquhassle
Site of Drumquhassle Roman Fort[1]
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceBritannia
Stationed military units
— Legions —
20th
Location
CountyStirling
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 by during the administration of Sallustius Lucullus.[6] It is known as a "Glen-blocker" fort and is located within sight of Loch Lomond.

  1. ^ "Drumquhassle". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Drumquhassle". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ^ Woolliscroft, D. J. "Drumquhassle". The Roman Gask Project. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. ^ Keppie, Lawrence (September 2010). "The Romans in Southern Scotland: Future Discoveries*". Glasgow Archaeological Journal. 16 (16): 1–27. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Drumquhassle Highland Glen Fort". Roman Britain. Retrieved 16 June 2018.