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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KAIMS CASTLE (Roman Outpost) | Camp's Castle Kaims or Camp's Castle Kaims Castle |
Old Statistical Account Shearer's Antiquities of Strathearn General Roy's Military Antiquities. |
117 | A small fort or outpost on the summit of the Muir of Orchill, of Roman origin, the lines of the ramparts being still very distinct. "There is in the parish a Roman road or causeway a great part of which is covered over with heath, leading from Ardoch to a fort of observation called Camp's Castle, situated on the top of the Muir of Orchil, the lines of which are still very distinct" Old Statistical Account. "A mile and half to the north east of these camps, upon a ridge called the Muir of Orchil, is Kaims or Camp's Castle, a square redoubt constructed by the Romans as a look out post, and from which are seen the stations of Lindum and Hierna, or Ardoch and Strageath" Shearer's Antiquities of Strathearn. |
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[Page] 15Parish of Ardoch
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