The Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge: Perth and Kinross - An Interim Report on the Roman Gask Project 1995-2000 (British Archaeological Reports British Series, 335)

Woolliscroft, David

ISBN 10: 1841714100 / ISBN 13: 9781841714103

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2002

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V, 101 pages : 30cm. The Roman Gask project was founded in 1995 in the University of Manchester.It has since been engaged in an extensive campaign of surveys, excavation and archive work. Its remit was to cover all of Roman Scotland north of the Antonine Wall but, as its name suggests, its principal focus has been on the system of military works on and around the Gask Ridge in Perthshire (from the Glenbank fortlet, north of Dunblane, to the fort of Bertha on the Tay). This volume is an interim report describing the progress made during its first five years. It is in two sections; the first provides an overview of the current state of knowledge on the Gask, while the second section reports on a series of field work programmes (two rescued from archives dating from the 1960s and 1970s. The project has undertaken nineteen excavations, numerous surveys, museum/archive work, air-photography assignments, and field-walking tasks: a significant achievement over a short period of time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge: Perth and Kinross - An Interim Report on the Roman Gask Project 1995-2000 (British Archaeological Reports British Series, 335)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841714100
• ISBN 13: 9781841714103
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • Classical Studies

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Synopsis

This is an interim report on the Roman Gask Project which, between 1995 and 2000, set out to investigate military works on and around the Gask Ridge in Perthshire and so throw light on all Roman activity north of the Antonine Wall. The volume summarises results from nineteen excavations, plus museum research and numerous other surveys, including work at the forts of Berta, Dalginross and Strageath, small Roman temporary camps and towers at Peel, Perth and Kinross. There are also reports on silver denarii found at Strageath and Roman glassware as well as a list of Roman sites.

About the Author

D.J. Woolliscroft with contributions from A.T. Croom, M.H. Davies, A.C. Finnegan, M.A. Hall, K.F. Hartley, B. Hoffmann, A.J. Hughes, N.J. Lockett and S. Ramsay