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Carpow
Roman fort at Carpow
Carpow is located in Perth and Kinross
Carpow
Carpow
Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid referenceNO203175
Council area
  • Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area
  • Perth and Kinross
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPERTH
Postcode districtPH2 9xx
Dialling code01738 85
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56°20′35″N 3°17′27″W / 56.343119°N 3.290949°W / 56.343119; -3.290949

Carpow (/kɑːrˈp/) is a diffuse hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated immediately to the east of the confluence of the River Tay and River Earn, 2 km north east of Abernethy.[1]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey, Great Britain (2007), "Perth & Alloa", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), ISBN 978-0-319-22997-2

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Carpow

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Carpow (/kɑːrˈpaʊ/) is a diffuse hamlet in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated immediately to the east of the confluence of the River Tay and River...

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Carpow Roman Fort

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The Roman Fort of Carpow was situated at the confluence of the rivers Tay and Earn in what is now Scotland. It was a large fortress with an area of thirty...

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John Brown of Haddington

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(1722 – 19 June 1787), was a Scottish minister and author. He was born at Carpow, in Perthshire. He was almost entirely self-educated, having acquired a...

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Septimius Severus

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and garrisoned many abandoned Roman forts along the east coast, such as Carpow. Cassius Dio's account of the invasion reads: Severus, accordingly, desiring...

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Perthshire

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of Earn Bridge of Tilt Burrelton Callander Cambuskenneth Campmuir Caputh Carpow Clunie Collace Cottown Coupar Angus Crianlarich Dunkeld and Birnam Comrie...

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Vacomagi

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and Carpow was occupied much later, from the late second century AD until the early third century AD. It is not known if there was a base at Carpow when...

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Legio II Augusta

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Severus was fighting the Picts, Legio II Augusta was stationed at a fort near Carpow. It is unknown when, but the II Augusta received the surname Antonina, which...

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Caledonians

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ISBN 978-0-7486-2820-9. OCLC 319892107. Casey, John (2010). "Who Built Carpow? A Review of Events in Britain in the Reigns of Commodus and Septimius Severus"...

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Maeatae

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July 2018. Birley, Robin (October 1963). "The Roman Legionary Fortress at Carpow, Perthshire". Scottish Historical Review (subscription required). 42 (134):...

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Caer

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Carmurie, Fife ("Fort of the Sea") Carmyllie, Angus ("Fort of the warrior") Carpow, Perthshire (Caerpwll; "Fort of the sluggish stream") Carriden, West Lothian...

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Legio VI Victrix

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later become emperor himself after Commodus was murdered. The large fort at Carpow in Scotland was occupied from about 184 by Legio VI who completed the fort...

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Pictish language

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caer fort, stronghold; wall, rampart Cardean, Carey, Cargill, Carmurie, Carpow, Carpoway, Crail, Kair, Keir, Kercock, Kirkbuddo, Kirkcaldy, Caerlaverock...

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List of surviving ancient ships

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1500 BC Logboat Prehistoric Britain United Kingdom (Derby) 32 ft (10 m) Carpow Logboat 1000 BC Logboat Prehistoric Britain United Kingdom (Perth) 29 ft...

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Clatchard Craig

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to the Romans. Clatchard Craig lay close to the authentic Roman site of Carpow, a legionary fortress of the Severan era. Quarrying in the area began with...

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Gask Ridge

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to this period (for example, Kair House in Aberdeenshire and the fort at Carpow Roman Fort which is on the Firth of Tay. The permanent sites are complemented...

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Culdees

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town of the Venicones tribe was by Ptolemy as being ‘Orrea’ situated at Carpow, located on the same lands of Abernethy, once owned by a king of the Picts...

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Scotland during the Roman Empire

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Den and Glenmailen. However, only two forts in Scotland, at Cramond and Carpow (in the Tay valley) are definitely known to have been permanently occupied...

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List of provosts of Dundee

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Dundee) 1520–1523 – Alexander Ogilvie 1523–1525 – William Carmichael of Carpow 1526–1528 – John Scrymgeour of Glaister 1528–1530 – James Scrymgeour, (Constable...

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Brehon

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town of the Venicones tribe was by Ptolemy as being ‘Orrea’ situated at Carpow, located on the same lands of Abernethy, once owned by a king of the Picts...

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Perth City Hall

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on 30 March 2024 as the Perth Museum, with the Stone of Destiny and the Carpow Logboat as two of the flagship items on display. List of listed buildings...

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Clan Oliphant

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These include: OLIPHANT OF BACHILTON, OLIPHANT OF CULTEUCHAR & OLIPHANT OF CARPOW: These three are "in process" of being claimed although David Olyphant of...

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Congress of Roman Frontier Studies

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Gallery, Stirling Museum, Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Tealing Souterrain, Carpow Roman Fort, Dundee City Museum and parts of the Antonine Wall including...

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Camus Cross

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Vigeans and Strathmartine and shaft fragments found at Monifieth, Abernethy, Carpow and Invermay, as well as some socketed stones where crosses once stood....

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List of rectors of University of Rostock

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Schmidt (II) 1743 Winter Faculty of Law born in Rostock 645 Paul Theodor Carpow (I) 1744 Summer Faculty of Philosophy born in Bottschow 646 Johann Bernhard...

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Architecture of Scotland in the Roman era

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Wells, Deers Den and Glenmailen. Only two forts in Scotland, at Cramond and Carpow (in the Tay valley) are definitely known to have been permanently occupied...

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