Garrowhill

Garrowhill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland 7 miles east of

its city centre.

Garrowhill is frequently, and incorrectly, referred to as being part of

Baillieston, though, statistically, it is larger in both area and

population. Garrowhill has one primary school within its boundaries.

There is substantial evidence of a Roman fort and Camp in the Camp Road /

Quinton Gardens area of Garrowhill. This was verified by Mary Birrell who

on many occasions has assisted Glasgow's Mitchell Library and the City

Council on local historical information. In the late 1920's her father took

her a walk into what is now the Garrowhill housing estate and showed her

the site of an old Roman Fort. It sat in a wooded area which can be viewed

on an old map of the area. Apart from Mary's testimony one of the strongest

clues is the subtle way in which the camp was spelt. To disambiguate the

reference it was spelt "Incampment" rather than the normal '"Encampment"'.

It is patently clear a Roman number one "I" was been inserted in the name.

More on this and other local historical articles can be viewed via the

Baillieston.com website link below.

External links

Baillieston.com]

For an aerial photograph of Garrowhill, go to [http://maps.google.com/?

t=k&ll=55.85277,-4.123135&spn=0.008841,0.019956&t=k].