Westmuir
Watch Tower (Roman)
Site Name Westmuir
Classification Watch Tower (Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Dupplin Loch; Gask Ridge
Canmore ID 26954
Site Number NO02SW 8
NGR NO 0287 2078
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26954
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Tibbermore
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02SW 8 0287 2078.
NO 028 207: A possible Roman signal station 2,850' E of the remains of that at Midgate (NO01NW 6), was identified as a circular mark, about 20m in diameter, in an arable field where the modern lane diverges from the line of the Roman road (RR 9b), here ploughed out.
J K St Joseph 1965.
Situated just below the crest of the ridge on a gentle S-facing slope. Field under young crop. Nothing visible.
Visited by OS (J P) 1 May 1975.
On the date of visit, the site of this watch-tower had been ploughed recently, but no remains were identifiable.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, RJCM), 23 November 1995.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (19 October 2017)
An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 19 October 2017.
