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Latitude: 56.0563 / 56°3'22"N
Longitude: -4.4352 / 4°26'6"W
OS Eastings: 248454
OS Northings: 687500
OS Grid: NS484875
Mapcode National: GBR 0R.QKKT
Mapcode Global: WH3N6.V16H
Entry Name: Drumquhassle, Roman fort & annexe 300m NNW of Easter Drumquhassle
Scheduled Date: 16 August 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7037
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Roman: fort
Location: Drymen
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument comprises the remains of a Roman fort with an annexe, constructed in the 1st century AD and represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at between 55m-65m OD. It comprises a Roman fort measuring about 130m by approximately 110m. The annexe is attached to its N and E sides. Small scale excavation in 1980 demonstrated that the fort dates to the 1st century AD and that its single period of occupation was followed by deliberate slighting of the defences.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the fort and related remains, and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map. There are five separate areas, extending overall a maximum of about 425m from the westernmost to the easternmost point, and about 385m from the northernmost to the southernmost point.
The northwestern boundary is defined according to a careful resurvey of the edges of the extant planning permission and/or the current quarry edge (where it has exceeded the area for which planning permission had been given).
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an example of a Roman fort and associated annexe which has the potential to enhance greatly our understanding of the Roman military presence in Scotland. It is of particular interest because it is believed to be one of a group of forts constructed during the short-lived occupation in the Flavian period under Agricola.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS 48 NW 13.
Aerial Photographs used:
1977 ST/2904.
1977 ST/2928.
1983 ST/10470.
Bibliography:
Maxwell, G. S. (1979) 'The Roman fort at Drumquhassle, Central Region' in Breeze, D. J. (e.d) Roman Scotland: some recent excavations, 36.
Maxwell, G. S. (1983) 'Recent aerial discoveries in Roman Scotland: Drumquhassle, Elginhaugh and Woodland', Britannia, Vol. 14, 167-81.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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