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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| REMAINS OF ENTRENCHMENT | Remains of Entrenchment | N. Stat Acct [New Statistical Account] Mr. Love: Writer Mr. Craig Surveyor |
015.03 | There are visible the remains of a Camp or fort on the farm of Castlewaws, in the Eastern part of the Ph. [Parish]. The entrenched hill is a superficies of about 80 falls in length, and about 25 in breadth. It consists of a mass of trap rock, precipitous on both sides; it is highest on the East side, wh. [which] is 40ft. [feet] high. The precipice had no need of a wall for defence, but some parts of the eminence are sloping in the ascent, and are defended by a rampart of turf stones, something like a feal dike. The North & South sides are somewhat departing from the form of a precipice, and therefore are fortified. *On the South end are still the remains of an entrenchment, which is 5ft. [feet] high. Within the entrenchment is a **circular wall or intervallum of the same rude materials, about 60ft. [feet] in diameter towards the West. This fort has been supposed to be the remains of a Camp formed by Sir William Wallace in his wars with the English; but more probably it was one of the hill forts formed by the Ancient Britons, & of wh' [which] there are many remains in the Country." N. Stat. Acct. [New Statistical Account] I have inserted the entrenchment mentioned as 5ft. [feet] high, and given section where necessary. The farmer at South Castlewalls dont remember having seen any other feal dike or entrenchment than that on the Southside. parts of it have been removed, but on trace I have shewn by a red dotted line the [course] (as well as I could judge) of the complete embankment before decay. Mr Pollocks father in removing a part of the entrenchment found a small ivory ring wh. [which] he broke in the digging. Dr. [Doctor] Crawford, Mr Love informs me, supposed it to have been used in marriage ceremonies. Around the North margin of the hill are the the indistinct traces of a feal dike, which I have shewn also by a red dotted line. At one place it more distinct and observant, & this portion I have shewn in the usual way. I could find no traces of the circular wall mentioned as 60 ft. [feet] in diameter, nor could I get any information respecting it. |
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