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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Arthur's Oon (Continued) | Site of Arthur's Oven (Continued) | 024.11 | [continued from page 20] "The Building was called an Oven from its peculiar shape, but it does not appear in what way the name of the British Prince Arthur found in romance could reasonably be applied to it. This building considered to be the most perfect Roman building in Britain was demolished in 1773'' as already mentioned. ************ "The principal dimensions were in the interior, diameter 20 feet. the external diameter 28 feet the perpendicular height 22 feet - The building was of hewn sandstone in regular Courses each stone generally was about 4 feet long, 1 foot thick and 1 foot 10 inches broad. There was an inscription on the building which might have recorded the purpose for which it was erected." ************ But Mr Gordon in his Itinerarium Septentrionale 1726 states that there was a stone on the inside of the building from which it appeared that letters had been industriously effaced and another stone also on the inside surface of the wall on which there seemed to be the vestiges of sculpture worn out by weather which might be taken for the figure of an Eagle." Stat. Acct: [Statistical Account] |
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[Page] 21Parish of Larbert
[Note]
Mr Gordon in his Itinerarium Septentrionale A.D. 1727
believes this to be a corruption of the Old Gaelic Ardhe-nan-Suaine,
meaning the high place or sacred building for depositing Insignia or Flags
for which purpose it is supposed to have been used by the Romans.
He then instances Arthur's Seat, in Edinburgh which appears to be a
corruption of Ardhe-nan-Saidhe - which means a high ground
from which to shoot with Bows and Arrows.
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Alison James- Moderator, Morag27
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