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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMP [Hill of Aldie] | Enclose Mound Enclose Mound |
J. Shepherd Esq West Gask Rev [Reverend] John B Pratt M.A. [Master of Arts] |
031 | Extract from Pratts Buchan p. [page] 77. Near the sky of Hill of Aldie, about two miles north-west from the house, is a low sort of Mound, surrounded, with the exception of small spaces on the north and west, by a broad shallow ditch. This ditch produces coarse grass, the mound itself and the surrounding hill being covered with heath. The enclosure is elliptical, about 60 yards from north to south, and 25 from east to west. The inhabitants assert that, however much water may lie on other parts of the hill, none ever remains in the ditch. The way in which they speak of this mysterious circle tends to excite rather than to gratify curiosity. It is like the tale which so disturbed the rest of Marmion:- "At midnight dark The rampart seek whose circling crown Crests the ascent of yonder down; A southern entrance thou shalt find; There halt, and there thy bugle wind, [Continued on page 3] |
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