Camelon - Ardoch - Strageath - Cargill Roman Road
Roman Road (Roman)(Possible)
Site Name Camelon - Ardoch - Strageath - Cargill Roman Road
Classification Roman Road (Roman)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Rr 9b
Canmore ID 239504
Site Number NO34NW 50
NGR NO 3251 4823
NGR Description NO 3000 4670 to NO 3350 4971
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/239504
- Council Angus
- Parish Airlie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO34NW 50 3000 4670 to 3350 4971
Alternative route: NO 3110 4745 to NO 3449 4960
NO 3454 5000 to NO 3499 5058 "Between Cardean (NO24NE 12) and Westmuir (NO 366 527) I think the Roman road may well have followed the same, or nearly the same, course as the modern road as far as Lendrick Lodge (NO 3500 5062) (Crawford 1949).
O S G Crawford 1949.
NO 3000 4670 to NO 3350 4971 The traditional course of the Roman Road. No trace on this sheet (Crawford 1939).
There is no trace of the road in RAF vertical aerial photographs (106G/ SCOT/ UK128, frame no 6189-90, 1946.)
Information from OS (JLD) August 1958.
Information from O G S Crawford, June 1939.
Alternative route:
NO 3110 4745 to NO 3449 4960 A more probable line would appear to the S, which is directly on the line between the two Flavian sites of Cardean (NO24NE 12) and Finavon (NO45NE 21) (ES).
There is no trace of the road on the direct route between Cardean and Finavon (JP).
Information from OS (JLD) September 1958; (EP) July 1973;
Visited by OS (JLD) September 1958; (JP) June 1975.
NO 3110 4745 to NO 3449 4960 Alternative route marked on current edition of the (NMRS record map) OS 1:10,000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SDW), 4 March 2003.
