Cardean
Findspot (Period Unknown), Pendant (Bronze)(Roman), Unidentified Pottery (Roman)
Site Name Cardean
Classification Findspot (Period Unknown), Pendant (Bronze)(Roman), Unidentified Pottery (Roman)
Canmore ID 159095
Site Number NO24NE 12.01
NGR NO 289 460
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/159095
- Council Angus
- Parish Airlie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO24NE 12.01 289 460
Site recorded from draft text of Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1999 (ref: 99/396), held by Council for Scottish Archaeology.
CSA 1999
Awaiting DES entry 99/396
Geophysical Survey (4 August 2010 - 16 September 2010)
NO 2890 4600 A magnetic survey carried out at Cardean Roman fort 4 August–16 September 2010 aimed to supplement the excavation data, resistivity surveys (DES 2001) and aerial photography available from the site.
The north and south-eastern defensive ditches were well defined, as was the ditch running SSE which encloses a rather featureless annexe (the two point anomalies within it were due to modern electricity poles). The north-eastern half of the fort was magnetically very noisy. Whilst some of this may represent Roman industry other parts may represent a storage/works area established here during the construction of a nearby railway. This possibly extended to the line of a post-Roman road that traverses the site in a SW–NE direction.
The south-eastern part of the fort contained a series of parallel magnetic features, which look very much like barrack blocks, though it is possible that they represent garden/cultivation features associated with a more recent country house.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Blairgowrie Geoscience
P Morris - Blairgowrie Geoscience