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is a rural hamlet, consisting of several residences, immediately eastward of the mouth of the river Earn. The fort is partially obscured by these buildings and its only visible remnant is its northern rampart. This survives as a ridge of approximately 1.6m height.
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The Carpow fort was situated on a coastal plain on the southern bank of the river Tay approximately one kilometre east of the Tay's confluence with the River Earn. The Firth of Tay lay eastward of the fort and provided access to the
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evidence which suggested that the fort was occupied between the late second century AD and the early third century AD. The earliest coin found was heavily worn and dated to the rule of
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Dore, J N & Wilkes, J J 1999, Excavations directed by J D Leach and J J Wilkes on the site of a Roman fortress at Carpow, Perthshire, 1964-79, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 129, 481-575
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during the eighth century AD, names a site called either "Horrea
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A summary of the excavation of 1961-1962. (Society of
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1176:Other structures & artefacts
617:Scotland during the Roman Empire
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382:Description of the Modern Site
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108:56.346762611°N 3.284421583°W
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753:Great Conspiracy (367-69)
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60:Scotland showing the site
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243:Upstanding scarp to 1.6m
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843:Caledonians & Picts
135:11 hectares (27 acres)
955:Wilderness Plantation
731:Battles and campaigns
224:Excavation dates
69:Alternative name
884:Roman fortifications
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559:on 30 September 2013
205:Associated with
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677:Dicalydones
368:Caledonians
111: /
87:Coordinates
1254:Categories
1158:Balnageith
1132:Trimontium
1117:Elginhaugh
1071:Black Hill
1028:Inchtuthil
1023:Glenlochar
1013:Gask Ridge
950:Westerwood
915:Castlehill
900:Auchendavy
834:Walls Loch
819:Rubers Law
717:Verturians
652:Carnonacae
634:Caledonian
473:References
427:bath house
423:Praetorium
408:numismatic
396:crop marks
358:system of
356:Gask Ridge
280:The Roman
219:Site notes
127:Roman Fort
1239:Caracalla
1153:Thomshill
1127:Pennymuir
1086:Muiryfold
1048:Strageath
998:Deers Den
988:Burnfield
965:Agricolan
925:Croy Hill
905:Balmuildy
789:Deers Den
779:Bennachie
712:Venicones
464:Britonnic
453:Byzantine
416:Caracalla
349:North Sea
284:of Carpow
240:Condition
227:1961-1979
167:Abandoned
1224:Agricola
1219:Cerialis
1141:Disputed
1122:Inveresk
1095:Southern
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1018:Glenbank
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910:Bar Hill
855:Calgacus
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692:Selgovae
687:Novantae
672:Decantae
667:Damnonii
657:Cornovii
433:and the
342:Location
327:Commodus
296:Scotland
267:/details
185:Cultures
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1229:Urbicus
1081:Cramond
1063:Severan
993:Camelon
870:Uradech
702:Taexali
697:Smertae
662:Creones
647:Caereni
638:Pictish
563:14 June
457:Ravenna
412:Hadrian
386:Modern
269:/carpow
255:.rcahms
253:canmore
248:Website
175:Periods
159:Founded
145:Builder
140:History
1148:Bellie
1076:Carpow
983:Bertha
973:Ardoch
860:Vipoig
640:tribes
388:Carpow
265:/30081
162:AD 210
77:Region
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557:(PDF)
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360:limes
263:/site
189:Roman
170:AD215
682:Lugi
636:and
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451:, a
445:The
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292:Earn
290:and
282:Fort
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132:Area
124:Type
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288:Tay
261:/en
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