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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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ROMAN CAMP (Supposed) [Rusco] | Camp Camp Camp Camp Roman Camp |
William Robinson Peter McLellan Ainslie's Map 1820 Map of County Capn [Captain] Deniston |
043 | [Situation] About 1/4 mile S.E. by E. [South East by East] of Rusco. A large Camp or fortress on the lands of Rusco, and situate near the margin of the Water of Fleet. It is of a square form and seems to be Artificially constructed, surrounded on all sides but the North by a fosse and Rampart - and on the North by a small abrupt declevity of about 60 feet from top to bottom, No traditional or historical account of it can be got respecting it in its locality, Capn [Captain] Denniston of Creetown, a learned Antiquarian says that this Camp is the work of the Romans, many other intelligent persons in the locality are of the same opinion. |
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