Was Largs a Roman holiday resort?

[Melvadius]

No I haven't posted this in the wrong fora.

 

This is the heading from an article in a local newspaper Largs and Millport weekly News which shows how misleading an eyecatching heading can sometimes be, in this instance the article is actually a hark-back to a story originally written in 1958 reporting on a local history talk. The Roman reference was really only a 'hook' on which to spin tales of how long Largs may have been a holiday destination.

 

In this week's 'Know Your News' we head back to the distant past when the beautiful surroundings of Largs proved attractive to the Romans.

In 1958, St Columba's Parish Church Fellowship had a most interesting evening "Hearin' Aboot Auld Largs" from Mr Duncan Brown.

 

Mr Brown traced Largs to the days when the Romans resided by its shores. He spoke of the finds of old Roman coins and paving underneath the Post Office in Main Street in 1820; also of a Roman well found in Nelson Street while Knock Hill had been a Roman Fort.

 

Many old buildings were commented on such as Bath Hall (The Brisbane Centre) built around 1830 for