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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORT (Remains of) | Remains of Fort Remains of Fort |
Revd. [Reverend] A. Bell D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] Alexander Seton Esq of Preston |
005 | [Situation] On the Summit of Cocklerue This is the Remains of what appears to have been a very strongly defended Camp or Fort. The Remains are in tolerable preservation, and Consist of portions of two Circles at the N.W. [North West] side, where it most required such defences. On the South & West it was Inaccessable, being defended by a precipitous ledge of Rocks: within the Camp it is almost level. It is one of the Circular or Elliptical form of Camps, and, although sometimes called "Roman" in the locality, it is evidently one of the British Hill Forts. At the N.N.W. [North North West], and within the Rings of this Fort, there is a Cavity in some Rocks called "Wallace's Bed. The Fort is situation is on the summit of the Hill Called Cockleroi. |
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[Page] 12Sheet 5 No. 7 Trace 4 -- Parish of Linlithgow
"Near Linlithgow, on Cocklerue Hill the Gadeni
had a fort the vestiges whereof may still be
seen and at the bottom of this hill there is
the appearance of an entrenchment."
Penney's Hist. [History] of Linlithgowshire
Corpl. [Corporal] Winkup R.S.&.M [Royal Sappers & Miners] and Mr. Duggan C. A. [Civilian Assistant]
state that enquiry and research have been
made concerning the entrenchment above
noticed but that no vestige or trace of
it can be now discovered. J. C.
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