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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supposed Site of ROMAN CAMP [Wardlaw Hill] | Supposed Site of Roman Camp | James Allison John Wood Francis Allan Forester |
022 | It is Conjectured that on the Summit of this hill is the remains of a Roman Camp a little West of Harpercroft, It would appear that the west and North sides only were walled the remaining Sides being naturally defended by a Steep hill the appearance of the hills and their proximity is favorable to the Supposition that at an early period hill in question was fortified.- |
| WARDLAW HILL | Wardlaw Hill | James Allison John Wood Francis Allan |
022 | This hill adjoins Harpercroft having a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station thereon Tradition points out its Summit as the Supposed remains of a Roman Camp. name in the locality vulgarly pronounces Warley Hill. - |
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[Page] 84County of Ayr
No. 21.
Parish of Dundonald
"The two highest are stiled the Lamont and Warley hills. Perhaps
the latter, which overtops the rest, is a corruption for warlike
the lines of two encampments being still distinct upon it. These
are usually designed Roman encampments, though their form
appears Sufficiently to Confuse that designation. The largest 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
Center, which incloses one of these acres. The other encampment is
about two hundred yards distant. No artificial work has ever been
raised upon its north east quarter; the steepness of the declivity being
a sufficient defense. But, on the South and West, the circular embankment
is Strong, and within is a beautiful platform not exceeding an acre in
extent. Historians seem to agree that the Norwegians, who afterwards
were defeated at Largs, landed near to Ayr; and it is not improbable that
these heights were immediately occupied, and in this manner fortified, by them. "
Old Stat. Act. [Statistical Account]
"Ward, A division of an Army Jamieson"
"Wardlaw, Guardhill
Anglosaxon" Cornwell
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