| Designations | |
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| Official name | Strageath, Roman Fort |
| Type | Roman: fort |
| Designated | 1st July 1936 |
| Reference no. | SM1614 |
Strageath is the site of a Roman fort an
dmilitary camp near theRiver Earn in easternScotland. It is ascheduled monument.[1]
InRoman Britain, Strageath was one of a chain offortifications, known as theGask Ridge that the Romans used in their march northward in the first/second century AD. Other notable camps in this chain areArdoch,Bertha,Inchtuthill,Battledykes,Stracathro,Raedykes andNormandykes. The Strageath fort site has been studied on numerous occasions, most recently by theRoman Gask Project.[2]
The name Strageath persists in the current day Strageath Mains, Strageath Mill and Strageath Hall. In theMiddle Ages the parish church ofStrogeath lay within the area of the fort. It was established by the Irish Bishop Fergus and dedicated to St. Patrick.[3]
The Strageath site is very close to theInnerpeffray Library, the first lending library in Scotland. The Library'sHeritage Trail leads down to the River Earn, where a ford crossing allowed Roman access to Strageath Fort. An Innerpeffray publication includes detailed maps and sketches of what these Roman sites might have looked like.[4]
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