Strageath is the site of a Roman fort and military camp near the River Earn in eastern Scotland. It is a scheduled monument.
In Roman Britain, Strageath was one of a chain of fortifications, known as the Gask Ridge that the Romans used in their march northward in the first/second century AD. Other notable camps in this chain are Ardoch, Bertha, Inchtuthill, Battledykes, Stracathro, Raedykes and Normandykes. The Strageath fort site has been studied on numerous occasions, most recently by the Roman Gask Project.
The name Strageath persists in the current day Strageath Mains, Strageath Mill and Strageath Hall. In the Middle Ages the parish church of Strogeath lay within the area of the fort. It was established by the Irish Bishop Fergus and dedicated to St. Patrick.
The Strageath site is very close to the Innerpeffray Library, the first lending library in Scotland. The Library's Heritage Trail leads down to the River Earn, where a ford crossing allowed Roman access to Strageath Fort. An Innerpeffray publication includes detailed maps and sketches of what these Roman sites might have looked like.
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Strageath is the site of a Roman fort and military camp near the River Earn in eastern Scotland. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Strageath is classified as a Roman fort — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Kaims Castle (6.3 km), Muir O' Fauld (8.3 km), Alauna (10 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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