Camelon - Ardoch - Strageath - Cargill Roman Road
Roman Road (Roman)
Site Name Camelon - Ardoch - Strageath - Cargill Roman Road
Classification Roman Road (Roman)
Canmore ID 25362
Site Number NN81SE 11
NGR NN 850 114
NGR Description NN 8500 1146 to NN c.8753 1499
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25362
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Ardoch
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN81SE 11.00 from 8500 1146 to c.8753 1499 (RR 7)
NN81SE 11.01 870 142.
NN81SE 11.02 8584 1250
NN 8502 1149 hump in wall
NN 8506 1155 hollow on W side of causeway
NN 8508 1158, NN 8516 1168, NN 8525 1177 stony patches only
NN 8633 1188 hollows
NN 8548 1194, NN 8548 1207 just visible
NN 8549 1209 narrow slip of causeway left where wall crosses Roman road
NN 8550 1211, NN 8558 1220 not visible
NN 8559 1221 two large beech trees stand on Roman road
NN 8561 1225 - NN 8580 1243 Roman road appears to coincide with the Crieff road for 400ft where that road crosses a valley on an embankment, leaves the road on its W side at an old quarry and rejoins it at the N of the curve
NN 8570 1231 modern road quarries
NN 8565 1230 - NN 8577 1244 no trace
NN 8606 1271 what seems to be the causeway visible on NW side ofroad
NN 8609 1286 - NN 8625 1307 causeway seen here
NN 8631 1708 Roman quarry pits
NN 8635 1322 - NN 8638 1325 causeway well preserved here about 24ft overall and 3-4ft high on heath moor, never cultivated
NN 8640 1327 - 8652 1355 no signs
NN 8662 1375 second oak from E (ie from road) very gritty and some big stones, proving correctness of course (adjacent soil exposures much less gritty)
NN 8663 1383 stony
NN 8667 1394 - NN 8677 1418 no signs
NN 8692 1440 stones
NN 8697 1445 - NN 8745 1499 no signs
(-NN 8757 1554)
O G S Crawford 1949
(NN 8456 1095 - )
NN 8500 1146 - NN 8526 1179 no definite trace
NN 8506 1155 possible causeway mound 8.0m long (?quarry mound)
NN 8526 1179 slight hump at fence
NN 8527 1180 no trace
Information from OS (EGC) June 1967
Aerial Photographic Transcription (5 February 1997 - 13 February 1997)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Field Visit (25 November 1997)
NN81SE 11.00 from 8500 1146 to c.8753 1499 (RR 7)
NN81SE 11.01 870 142.
NN81SE 11.02 8584 1250
Descriptions of visible sections of road running N to S.
NN 8525 1180 - NN 8565 1497: cropmarks recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP, CUCAP) reveal the line of the Roman road as intermittent lines of parallel ditch, about 6m to 7m apart, which are flanked by intermittent runs of quarry pits (EARNAP 142). What may be the line of the road is visible as a slight mound in the gully of unnamed burn (NN 8566 1226) to NE of the Signal Station (NN81SE 8)
NN 8581 1245 - NN 8587 1492: (NN81SE 11.02) the line of the Roman road and flanking ditches have been recorded as intermittent cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1982, 1986). Quarry pits are visible on the photographs to both sides of the road (EARNAP 139).
NN 8695 1395 - NN 8699 1403: (NN81SE 11.01) the line of the Roman road has been recorded as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1982, 1986), which show two roughly parallel rows of quarry pits, set between 14m and 25m apart, running along a low ridge in gently undulating ground.
NN 8736 1454 - NN 8745 1489: (NN81SE 11.01) cropmarks recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1982, 1986) reveal the line of the Roman road as roughly parallel rows of quarry pits set between 20m and 26m apart. The watch tower (NN81SE 7) lies on the line of the NW row of quarry pits (EARNAP 122).
(EARNAP 122, 139 142)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 25 November 1997
