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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of a ROMAN CAMP [Chapel] | Site of Roman Camp Site of Roman Camp Site of Roman Camp Roman Camp |
Mr Bayley W.S. [Writer to the Signet] (Factor) Mr D. Greig Mr Robertson (Chapel) Estate Plan 1811 |
030 | [situation] 1¾ Miles N.E. by E. [North East by East] of Kelty. Mr. Greig and several other intelligent persons State that this Camp Stood around the present farm-house of Chapel, and that in his early days he Could trace the outer Fosse distinctly which is partly Visible yet in the rich and hollow appearance of the Soil. Mr. Bayley the Factor for Lochore estate Says that about twenty years ago he was with Sir Walter Scott at Lochore when a Mr. Birrell who was then eighty years of age pointed out the Site of the Camp to Sir Walter. The Writer of the Descriptive Atlas of Scotland Page 222 Date 1842. Description continued on the other side [on next page] |
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[page] 53 Parish of Ballingry Trace 4[Quotation] "At Lochore ten miles from the Frith, there was a Roman Camp, which antiquaries
Suppose, with great reason, to have been the same Camp, where the gallant
Horestii attacked the Ninth legion of Agricola. This Camp which we have
seen, was pitched among the Strongest forts of the Horestii, appears to have
been afterwards Converted into a permanent Station; as its remains Show
it to have been secured, by three Ramparts, with their accompanying
fosses. Of the existence of a Roman Camp at Lochore on the North west side, there
cannot be a doubt. The proprietor of Lochore, having Cut drains under the
Camp, found Several Roman Antiquities." Chalmers Caledonia page 168.
"This Camp is Situated on the North Side of Lochore, less than half a mile S. [South]west
from Lochore House, in the parish of Ballingry, in Fife. It form is nearly
Square. The total circumference of it is about 2020 feet. On the side towards
the Loch, there is a round turret, analogous to those at the Roman Camp on
Barnswick hill." Chalmers Caledonia page 118.
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