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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CAMP [Harpercroft] | Camp | 022 | "The only other relics of antiquity worthy of notice are two old encampments on the heights above the farm of Harpercroft. The largest of these in the words of the former Statistical Account, "Contains within a circular embankment of loose stones and earth, ten acres of ground, and there is an inner circle of the same kind, and from the same centre which incloses one of these acres. The other encampment is about 200 yards distant. No artificial work has been raised upon its North East quarter, the steepness of the declivity being a sufficient defence, But on the South and west the circular embankment is strong, and within is a platform not exceeding an acre in extent". The construction of these works is popularly ascribed to the Romans, though the absence of the ditch or fosse may be considered by antiquarians as conclusive against this opinion, and it is believed that all undoubted remains of Roman encampments are of a rectangular form as might be expected from the minute description given by Poliber's, Lib 1. On suggesting, however a gentleman connected with the Parish, of long military experience and considerable antiquarian research, the possibility that the prevailing opinion might be correct, he said that same thought had often occurred to himself - that he considered the Romans to wise a people to adhere with the mathematical structures to any one form of encampment, and that this would vary according to the nature of the ground on which it was raised. This is the opinion of an intelligent soldier who knows what fighting means; and we think it has at least common sense to support it, But whether they are Roman or Scandinavian, we pretend not to decide. New Sta. Act. [Statistical Account." |
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| INTRENCHMENT [Camp; Harpercroft] | Intrenchment | 022 | The old bank enclosing the more southerly of the two positions is continuous and visible and the ring enclosed may be termed a Camp, although not attributable to the Romans. On Wardlaw Hill nothing remains I've seen but a portion of an old Entrenchment [J.B. Capt. RE] [Captain Royal Engineers] |
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