![]() ![]() The fortifications approximately follow the boundary between Scotland's fertile Lowlands and mountainous Highlands, in Perth and Kinross and Angus. Although the Gask Ridge was not a wall, it may be Rome's earliest fortified land frontier. Construction on Hadrian's Wall was started 42 years after completion of the Gask Ridge (from 122 to 130 CE), and the Antonine Wall was started just 12 years after completion of Hadrian's Wall (from 142 to 144 CE). ![]() The Gask Ridge system was constructed sometime between 70 and 80 CE. In the early 20th century, a line of Roman signal-towers (or watch-towers) was discovered along this ridge between the Roman forts of Strageath and Bertha. In Scottish Gaelic, a gasg is a projecting tail or strip of land. The name "Gask Ridge" refers to the 10 miles (16 km) ridge of land to the north of the River Earn in Perthshire. ![]()
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