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The Roman Fortress at Carpow, Perthshire: An Alternative Interpretation of the Gates and their Dedicatory Inscriptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2019

Lawrence Keppie
Lawrence Keppie*
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The Hunterian, University of [email protected]
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Abstract

The Roman fortress at Carpow, Perthshire, was excavated in 1961–62 and 1964–79. The gates of the fortress are the key to our understanding of its occupational history. The suggestion made here is that they were initially constructed in timber, at the same time as the associated turf rampart, but were soon replaced in stone specifically to support heavy dedication slabs set above them. A new arrangement of the surviving inscribed fragments at the East Gate is proposed, and new readings adopted, which confirm their traditional Severan dating. The Supplementary Material which includes detailed descriptions of the fragments and possible restorations is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X19000138.

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ScotlandCarpowLatin epigraphyRoman legionsRoman fortsSeptimius Severus
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Britannia , Volume 50 , November 2019 , pp. 265 - 283
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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