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Carpow
56.3431° N, -3.2909° E
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Carpow () 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.
Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Bronze Age log boat
c. 1000 BC
Mesolithic occupation
more than 8,000 years ago
Roman fortress occupation
late 2nd–early 3rd century AD
Introduction of Neolithic farming
c. 4000 BC
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