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Kaims Cottage Roman Road is a Roman road in Perthshire, Scotland, preserved beneath the modern landscape and protected as a scheduled monument. The road lies some 165 metres north-north-east of Kaims Cottage, forming part of the network of military communications that the Romans established across northern Britain during their campaigns in Scotland. The site sits on bedrock of the Strathmore Group, Emsian sandstones interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone, geology that would have presented the Roman engineers with substantial challenges during construction.
Roman roads in Perthshire typically served strategic purposes, connecting forts and facilitating the movement of legions through terrain that was often difficult to traverse. The road at Kaims Cottage survives as an archaeological feature that provides evidence of Roman engineering techniques and military organisation in this region. The monument's survival owes much to the solid sandstone foundation beneath it, which has preserved traces of the original metalling and construction methods across two millennia.
Scheduled monument designation SM11563 recognises the archaeological significance of this road as part of Scotland's Roman heritage. Such roads remain valuable sources of information about Roman frontier strategy, trade routes and the interaction between Roman forces and local populations during the period of Roman military activity in north Britain.
Kaims Cottage, Roman Road 165m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11563. View the official record →
Kaims Cottage Roman Road is a Roman road in Perthshire, Scotland, preserved beneath the modern landscape and protected as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11563.
Kaims Cottage, Roman Road 165m NNE 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.
Kaims Cottage, Roman Road 165m NNE 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 SM11563.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shielhill,Roman signal station 610m N of (1 km), Shielhill,Roman signal station 520m W of (1.9 km), Ardoch, Roman military complex 900m NNE of Ardoch Bridge (3.5 km).
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Kaims Cottage, Roman Road 165m NNE of stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.