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| Castle Hill | Continued | [continued from page 51] persons still alive," says the Old Statistical Account, "remember to have seen a small aperture, now invisible, at the edge of one of the fragments of the ruins, where if a stone was thrown in, it was heard for some time, as if rolling down a stair-case. From this it seems probable that were a section of the hill to be made, some curious discoveries might be the consequence. The castle-hill is of an elliptical form, extending in length from north to south about 190 yards at its base, and rising about 50 feet above the level of the loch. A green terrace surrounds the hill; and on the north side one terrace rises above another. The area of the summit approaches to an elliptical plain, a little inclined towards the east; of this plain, the longitudinal diameter, from north to south, is about 90 yards, and the transverse about 40. The old castle has stood on the south end of the summit, commanding a distinct view of the neighbourhood, so as not to have been easily taken by surprise. Some vestiges of it still remain; but neither its form nor dimensions can be traced with any degree of precision. The principal fortifications seem to have run along the land side, and the loch and the declivity of the hill appear to have defended it on the east, where it is probable there has been an easy communication with the island by means of boats; so that, in case of the castle being taken, the island might afford a refuge to the besieged. Concerning this piece of antiquity no written record can be found. According to the tradition of the neighbourhood, it was a summer-palace or hunting-seat of Kenneth Macalpin, who conquered the Picts, and united the Scottish and Pictish Kingdoms; and if we suppose this tradition to be well founded, it is not unlikely that it was he who first formed the island in the loch, as a place of retreat in time of danger." Fullarton's Gazetteer. |
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[Page] 52Perthshire -- Parish of Clunie
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