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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROFTHEAD | Crofthead Crofthead Crofthead |
Rent Receipt James Hunter Tenant Mr McDiarmid, Schoolmaster Fowlis by Crieff |
096 | A small farm house, one storey high, thatched, and in middling repair. Tenant James Hunter Property of H. H. Drummond of Abercairney, near Crieff |
| DRUIDICAL TEMPLE [Fowlis Wester] | Standing Stones Standing Stones Standing Stones |
Mr McDiarmid Mr Syme Grocer, Fowlis Mr Christie, Tail, near Fowlis |
096 | Four large stones about six feet high, situated about half a mile west from the village of Fowlis, "in one there is an artificial cavity, where the blood and oil of the sacrificed flowed. See Stat: [Statistical] account. Crom-leac is not known in the district to apply to one of these stones as stated in the Statistical Account. The one that is supposed to have been an Altar Stone is lying on the ground with another beside it in the same position; the other two are standing perpendicular in the earth a short distance to the north of them. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 53County of Perth. Ph. [Parish] of Fowlis
[Note below Druidical Temple:]
Crom-leac is not known in the district to apply to one of these stones as stated in the New
Statistical Account. The one that is supposed to have been an Altar Stone is lying on the
ground with another beside it in the same position; the other two are standing perpendicular
in the earth a short distance to the north of them.
[Entry for Mounthorley has been crossed out with note:]
The name is erased
as the object does not
appear.
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Logiealmond
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