Gask House Signal Station

The platform of the Gask House watch-tower is 45 feet in diameter and lies to the south of the military road. It was excavated in 1900. This watch-tower along with others spaced almost uniformly along the Roman military road into the north-east formed an early Roman frontier along the Gask Ridge in Tayside.

References for Gask House

• Topography of Roman Scotland North of the Antonine Wall by O.G.S. Crawford (Cambridge 1949) p.53;
• Air Reconnaissance in Britain, 1961-64 by J.K. St. Joseph in J.R.S. lv (1965) p.81;
• Roman Britain in 1965 in JRS lvi (1966) p.199; Roman Britain in 1966 in JRS lvii (1967) p.175.

Map References for Gask House

NGRef: NN9919 OSMap: LR58

Roman Roads near Gask House

W (0.5) to Mvir O Favld (Tayside) E (0.5) to Witch Knowe (Tayside)

Sites near Gask House Signal Station

• Gask House Temporary Camp (0 km)
  Marching or Temporary Camp
• Witch Knowe Signal Station (1 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Muir O' Fauld Signal Station (1 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Moss Side Signal Station (2 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Kirkhill Roman Signal Station (2 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Thorny Hill Roman Signal Station (3 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Midgate Roman Fortlet (3 km)
  Fortlet
• Roundlaw Signal Station (3 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Westmuir Signal Station (4 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station
• Ardunie (4 km)
  Gask Ridge Signal Station