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"completely secured the Station. The space Enclosed is in the form of a delta. In this
"area, there are several exploratory mounts; one apparently artificial, (now called the
"Blackhill, & planted with firs.) stands near the head of the supposed bridge, & from
"the remains of a fortification on the top, seems to have been designed to cover the landing-place."
Old Stat [Statistical] Account IX-506.

"At the spot where the road touches on the Isla, a bridge is supposed once to
"have stood: the necessity is evident: for on the opposite side was a considerable
"Roman post. The Romans profited of the commodious accident of the two rivers, the Tay
"& the Isla, which unite at a certain distance below. These formed two secure fences: the
"Romans made a third by a wall of great thickness, defended again by a ditch both on
"the inside & the outside. These extend 3 miles in a line from the Tay to the Isla, leaving
"within a vast space, in form of a Delta. Near the head of the bridge is a large mount
"exploratory, & probably once protected by a tower on the summit. On a line with this are
"two others; one about the middle of the Area; the other nearer the Tay. These are round;
"but Mr. Marshall doubts whether they are the work of art. But close to the junction of the
"Tay and Isla is a fourth, artificial, which is styled Carrack-Know, or the Boat-hill
"& seems designed to cover a landing place. I must note that the Wall is styled the
"Cleaving Wall. it merits further disquition [disquisition], as it will probably be found to be subservient
"to the uses of the Camps at [Hiethie] & other places in the neighbourhood, which some native
"antiquary may have ample time to explore"
Pennants Tour of 1772 Vol [volume] II-458

" It has been conjectured indeed, that the Roman garrison of Inchtuthill had
"by means of an earthen rampart. connected their works at that spot with a small
"fort on the river Isla, 2½ miles distant, which enabled them more effectually
"to cut off all means of egress from the mountain districts beyond. The remains of
"this vallum are described as having been about 20 feet thick, protected by a Ditch

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