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Sma' Glen
Signal Station (Roman)
Site Name Sma' Glen
Classification Signal Station (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Fendoch; Fendoch Watch-tower
Canmore ID 26121
Site Number NN92NW 1
NGR NN 90894 28510
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26121
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fowlis Wester
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN92NW 1 90894 28510
(NN 9089 2848) Roman signal-station visible on St Joseph and RAF AP's (106G/Scot/UK 37: 4121-2, 3121-2).
A Roman Signal-station with a commanding view of the entrance to the Sma' Glen, and clearly a look-out post for the Roman fort at Fendoch (NN92NW 2). It is of the Gask Rridge type and comprises a near- circular bank (22.0m in diameter centre to centre), with an inner ditch, enclosing a dished platform about 16.0m in diameter. An old field boundary overlies the bank on the SE, otherwise well-preserved.
Sketch survey at 1/1250.
Visited by OS (RD) 19 November 1968
As described in previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 25 September 1975
Publication Account (1987)
Although there is now no trace of the rectangular timber watch-tower, the impressive earthen rampart and external ditch which enclosed it can still be seen. The splendid view from here into the Sma' Glen and down Glen Almond would have been even more remarkable from the top of a tower 5 m to 10 m high. The fort of Fendoch, of which barely any surface traces survive, lies at the southern edge of the grassy plateau 1 km to the south-east (NN 919283). The tower has been described as the 'eye' of the fort, for from Fendoch itself there is no view into the Sma' Glen, and we may envisage a signalling system, perhaps with beacon-fires or smoke, between the tower and the fort
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Fife and Tayside’, (1987).
