Fountain Head, Duntocher, Antonine Wall

3D Model

A sandstone fountain head in the form of a water nymph, found at Duntocher on or below the floor of the hypocaust room at the bathhouse. It is 58cm high by 21cm wide by 19cm deep.

The nymph holds a shell, from which water cascaded into a basin. The bathhouse at Duntocher lay outside the fort down by the river, and has revealed several finds that show these buildings were not only functional, but also highly decorated.

The Antonine Wall stretched right across Scotland, from the Clyde to the Forth. Constructed around 142 AD, and occupied for only 20 years, the remains of its ramparts, steep ditches, forts and bathhouses are still visible today. Since 2008, it has been part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.

More information on the World Heritage Site is available on www.antoninewall.org

250 x 210 x 190mm

Reference: F.44

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow