Native ware sherd. Carpow fortress

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Eight native ware potsherds

Field collection: Excavation,Carpow legionary fortress, Abernethy, Perth and Kinross

Collected by Dr J Wilkes

Donated by Trustees of the late Mr W.T. Smith
Museum number 1992-264-4-1=8

From the pre-Roman occupation of Carpow.
Before the Romans built a fort at Carpow, there might have been a native roundhouse on the site. Romans and natives would have been attracted to Carpow for the same reasons - it had good farmland and easy access to the river.