Bishopton

There was a Roman Fort at Bishopton which was discovered from aerial photographs in 1949. The fort is about 1 km west of the village. It overlooked the former ford at Dumbuck, on a flat-topped hill around 60 metres above the river, allowing ready surveillance of the River Clyde. The fort at Whitemoss Farm may have been held initially from 140 to 155 A.D. Pottery with Antonine era date stamps was found at the site. The pottery and many other finds were catalogued at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow along with several coeval items like the distance slab of the Twentieth Legion from Old Kilpatrick. There was an earlier Roman fort on Barochan Hill, less than 2 miles to the south-west towards Houston.
Bishopton was originally in the Parish of Erskine. The name of the village is reflected in a nearby house: Bishopton House. A famous family called the Brisbanes lived there. The house became a convent known as Good Shepherd Centre and latterly Cora Foundation.

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