Oblique aerial view of Cargill Roman Fort and ring-ditch.
SC 347536
Description Oblique aerial view of Cargill Roman Fort and ring-ditch.
Date 1981
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 347536
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of PT 8667
Scope and Content Fort and fortlet at Cargill, Perth and Kinross This Roman fort and fortlet stand about 250 m apart at Cargill. The fort was probably built first, and possibly guarded a crossing point on the River Isla. It was replaced by the fortlet when a full regiment was no longer required in the area. This is an aerial view of the fort. The lines of the rampart and ditches can be seen here as crop-marks, darker lines against the field. Below the fort, the ditches continue NW towards the river, forming an annexe. Both sites were discovered by aerial photography in 1941 and have since been excavated. Few dateable finds were recovered, but the sites appear to date from the first century AD. Some Samian ware was discovered by the fort's SW entrance. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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