Ardunie
Watch Tower (Roman)
Site Name Ardunie
Classification Watch Tower (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Gask Ridge
Canmore ID 26019
Site Number NN91NW 3
NGR NN 9469 1876
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Trinity Gask
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91NW 3 9469 1876
(NN 9469 1876) (OS 6" map, annotated by O G S Crawford, 1 June 1937) Roman Signal station discovered by Crawford in June 1937. The diameter of the platform is 13 yards. The site is marked by a large beech tree growing on the south road-bank (O G S Crawford 1949)
Clearly visible (OS 6"map, annotated by A L F Rivet, 11 July 1959)
A Flavian date is suggested.
O G S Crawford 1949; A L F Rivet 1964.
This signal station is in a dilapidated condition, the ditch only survives 0.4m deep, with no trace of a bank. The causeway is indistinct. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 May 1967.
