OS1/32/14/39
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of Peel of Leckie Site of Peel of Leckie Site of Peel of Leckie |
Robert Graham Moir Esqr Leckie Henry Fletcher Campbell Esqr Boquhan Revd. [Reverend] John Start Gargunnock |
016.03 | Supposed to be the Site of a fortification situated on the margin of Leckie Burn at the bottom of a deep Glen and about ¼ mile South of Leckie, it is level with the ground A person when this site is pointed out might imagin it to have been of an oblong shape. There is no appearance of either a ditch or Dyke, There is no person in the neighbourhood can tell any thing about it and likely would have remained so still if it were not for the following circumstance, Some few years ago the present Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Sawers Free Church Minister of Gargunnock told Mr. Graham Moir on whose Estate it is, that he had read of a place called the Peel of Leckie. Mr. Moir made enquiries and one of his oldest tenants told him that there was a sort of a place the stones of which were taken away to build dykes during an illness of Mr. Moirs Grandfather, but at this same time could tell him no more about it Mr. Moir concluded from this that if there ever was such a thing it must have been at this place being naturily well adapted for a fortification he however referred me to the Minister from whome he got the information at first. I called and he told me he had only in reading a Latin History of the County by an old Abbot of Cambuskenneth Abbey that there he had seen the word Peel of Leckie but could say no more, and knew nothing further about it. It is a tradition in the Village that Sir Wiliiam Wallace and his Soldiers lay somewhere in the bottom of the Glen for a night previous to making an Assault on the Keir Hill if this be true it is very likely that he errected some kind of a temporary defence for the night, the remains of which might be what Mr. Moir thinks to be the Peel of Leckie - it is very doubtful if there ever was such a thing, not one living in this part of the country ever heard tell of the Peel of Leckie till Mr. Moir and the Minister spoke of it. |
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[Page] 39Parish of Gargunnock
[Peel of Leckie has been scored through in List of Names, with note below:]
Not to appear on the plan as sufficient
authority cannot be obtained for its insertion.
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This object does not appear in the index, nor on the map, however the long description has been included here for information.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, kiwiwoman
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