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Cuiltburn Roman road, located in Perthshire, Scotland, is a stretch of Roman military routeway preserved as an ancient monument of national significance. Protected by Historic Environment Scotland, the road represents part of the network of communications infrastructure that the Romans established during their occupation of northern Britain. The route was engineered to facilitate the movement of troops, supplies and officials across the challenging terrain of the Highlands, forming a strategic element of Roman military strategy in Scotland.
The road lies on bedrock composed of the Strathmore Group, a geological formation of the Emsian period comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This layered geology would have presented both opportunities and challenges to Roman surveyors and engineers tasked with constructing a durable metalled surface across Perthshire's rolling landscape. The underlying stone would have been quarried locally to provide materials for the road's construction.
Today, the surviving section at Cuiltburn contributes to our understanding of Roman military infrastructure in Scotland. Such roads, though often difficult to trace across the modern landscape, represent substantial engineering achievements and reveal the extent of Roman investment in controlling and moving through territory far beyond the empire's permanent frontiers. This monument exemplifies the lasting physical legacy of Roman presence in Britain.
Cuiltburn, Roman road 550m SSE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7942. View the official record →
Cuiltburn Roman road, located in Perthshire, Scotland, is a stretch of Roman military routeway preserved as an ancient monument of national significance. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7942.
Cuiltburn, Roman road 550m SSE of dates from the roman period, and is classified as a roman road. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cuiltburn, Roman road 550m SSE of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM7942.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shielhill,Roman signal station 610m N of (6.2 km), Shielhill,Roman signal station 520m W of (7.1 km), Fort, 210m SW of Brookfield House (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cuiltburn, Roman road 550m SSE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cuiltburn, Roman road 550m SSE of stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.