Oblique aerial view.
SC 347542
Description Oblique aerial view.
Date 1992
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 347542
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 72767 CN
Scope and Content Fortress at Carpow, Perth and Kinross This Roman fortress is at Carpow. It was only in 1943 that its full layout was recorded through aerial photography, though the location was suspected. It appears to have had one period of occupation before being deliberately dismantled and abandoned. This is an aerial view of the site. Sections of the E and S defences show up as crop-marks. The grid-like lines in the upper left of the image represent the headquarters building. This marks the centre of the fortress. The site was excavated in the 1960s. The pottery and coins found suggest that it was in use at the start of the third century AD. The fort would have held about 3500 men, and there is evidence that the garrisons was from the Second and Sixth Legions. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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