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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE CAMP | The Camp The Camp |
William Dill John F. Gray |
067 | By the name of "The Camp" is known in the immediate locality the traces of an [erection] Still Circular in form, with a diameter of nearly 120 feet. The fosse,road, and other indications of Roman activity and skill are untraceable here. Its erection may be feued to the days of the Edwards of England. A single circumstance gives strength to this opinion. We are informed by a gentleman who resides in its neighbourhood that during the excavation of stones contiguous to "The Camp" he [fell] upon a coin which bore the date effigy of King Robert Bruce. This is the sum of the information we have been able to collect in [relation] to this interesting memorial of a past age. It is on the Kildonan Estate - property of the Trustees of the Scottish Episcopal Fund |
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[Page] 42Sheet 67. Plan 6. Trace 3 -- Parish of Colmonel
"The ramparts of all the British Fort, were composed of dry stone and earth - this is a
point of agreement. The position of "The Camp", its distance from all the great connecting
roads, with a view to an easy use of which Roman Encampments were invariably constructed.
The entire absence of the minor antiquities which are commonly to be met with in the vicinity
of a pretorium, are all at variance with an association of this antiquity with the Romans
Within a radius of a quarter of a mile, there were, not more than three years ago,
upwards of thirty well defined Cairns. The Sites of several of these are still indicated
by a few loose stones, level with the surface, but even these faint traces are in process of
entire obliteration by the busy hand of improvement. They are evidence of a lengthened
undisturbed location, or a bloody contest."
Signed W. Rutherford.
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