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Millearnwood Roman Road is a Roman road located 450 metres north of Raith in Perthshire, Scotland. The road is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1613. It represents part of the Roman communications network that penetrated the Scottish Highlands during the military campaigns of the first and second centuries AD, linking forts and facilitating the movement of troops and supplies through difficult terrain.
The road runs across landscape underlain by Arbuttnott-Garvock Group sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone of Pragian age. This Devonian bedrock would have presented significant challenges to Roman engineers, requiring substantial construction effort to create a durable route through the moorland terrain of Perthshire.
Roman roads in this region typically comprised a metalled surface laid on prepared foundations, designed to withstand the Scottish climate and the weight of military traffic. The Millearnwood road survives as an earthwork feature in the landscape, preserving evidence of Roman engineering and strategic ambition in one of the empire's most northern territories. The site contributes to our understanding of Roman military infrastructure and the extent of Roman penetration into the Caledonian interior.
Millearnwood, Roman Road, 450m N of Raith is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1613. View the official record →
Millearnwood Roman Road is a Roman road located 450 metres north of Raith in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1613.
Millearnwood, Roman Road, 450m N of Raith dates from the roman period, and is classified as a roman road, 450m n of raith. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Millearnwood, Roman Road, 450m N of Raith 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 SM1613.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thorn, fort 70m NE of (7.2 km), Lochie, enclosure 350m SE of (7.6 km), Ogle Hill,fort (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Millearnwood, Roman Road, 450m N of Raith's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Millearnwood, Roman Road, 450m N of Raith stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.