OS1/32/12/3
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| Falkirk (Continued) | [continued from page 2] Falkirk is not in the strict sense a manufacturing town. Its grand importance consists subordinately in its being the depot of the internal trade for a considerable circumjacent district and primely in its having great fairs or "trysts" the greatest in Scotland and probably the greatest in Great Britain, for the Exposure and sale of black Cattle, sheep, and horses. - The trysts are held thrice a year on the 2nd Tuesday of August, the 2nd Monday of September, and the 2nd Monday of October, and following days generally for 3 days at a time. Upwards of 150,000 sheep and an equal number of black Cattle are brought to the Octr [October] tryst annually, and it is estimated that at least 300,000 head of Cattle and an equal (if not greater) number of sheep are brought for sale to the various trysts throughout the year. - The ground on which the trysts are held is about 3 miles to the N.W. [North West] of the town near the village of Stenhousemuir, and in the parish of Larbert. Falkirk is a town of considerable antiquity and the site of one of those military stations on the Roman Wall known by the name of the forts of Agricola, - hence a number of the relics of the Roman people have been found from time to time in that place and the neighbourhood. - The Roman Wall built by the Emperor Antoninus Pius and now known by the appellation of Graham's Dyke passed through the S.E. [South East] portion of the town but no vestiges of it are extant except in Callendar Park where it is wonderfully perfect after the lapse of so many Centuries. Falkirk was erected into a burgh of regality in 1393 by Robert III. It became the property of the Livingstone family subsequent to the Reformation. [continued on page 4] |
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