Dalginross, tentatively identified with the Bannatia named in Ptolemy's Geography, comprises a Flavian-period auxiliary fort and an adjacent temporary marching camp situated in Strathearn at the mouth of the Glen Artney pass. The fort is part of the "glen-blocking" series established under Agricola in the early 80s AD, controlling movement between the Highlands and the lowland strath, and was likely abandoned along with the rest of the Gask system by c. AD 87.
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Together with Fendoch, Bochastle and Drumquhassle, Dalginross formed the western terminus chain of forts watching Highland glens, complementing the Gask Ridge frontier system — one of the earliest land frontiers in the Roman Empire. Its possible identification with Ptolemy's Bannatia would make it a named place in the only surviving classical geography of northern Britain.
Aerial photography and limited excavation have revealed a roughly 2.4 ha fort with double ditches and a larger ~9 ha marching camp with distinctive Stracathro-type gateways, the latter linking it to Agricola's campaign sequence. No substantial structural remains or material assemblage has been published, and the site is known primarily through cropmark evidence rather than extensive trenching.
Dalginross, tentatively identified with the Bannatia named in Ptolemy's Geography, comprises a Flavian-period auxiliary fort and an adjacent temporary marching camp situated in Strathearn at the mouth of the Glen Artney pass. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
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