Oblique aerial view of Roman fort at Fendoch.
C 52980 CN
Description Oblique aerial view of Roman fort at Fendoch.
Date 17/8/1995
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number C 52980 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 373213
Scope and Content Fort at Fendoch, Perth and Kinross This Roman fort is at Fendoch. Built on top of a small plateau, it guarded the route to the Highlands at the Sma' Glen. Reported in the 18th century, subsequent ploughing flattened the ramparts and the fort was forgotten until rediscovery in 1936. This is an aerial view of the fort with the defences surrounding the plateau visible as cropmarks. The fort was roughly rectangular in plan with rounded angles. Most of the outline can be seen here. The site was excavated during the 1930s. Though little datable evidence was found, the fort was built in the first century AD. When the fort was abandoned, the buildings were systematically dismantled, suggesting that this was a planned withdrawal. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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