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24 Parish of Creich.

[Quotation Continued] they deposited their spoils here, till they got intelligence of a force being raised sufficient to repel them, when they hastened to their boats in the Tay ; and the tradition in the parish still is, that this fort was constructed by the Danes in some of their incursions on the coast. That this fort may have been used by the Danes is possible, though there is no evidence of the fact ; but that they, in any of their roving adventures, had cither time or inclination even to collect such a quantity of stones as form these inclosures, is most improbable, and not to be believed. There seems, therefore, no reason for depriving the early inhabitants of the country of the credit of erecting this rude hill-fort, for the protection of their families and herds of cattle from the attacks of their enemies ; and indeed these forts seem to belong to a period even earlier than the attacks of the northmen on the east coast of Scotland. Within the inner circle of the fort, there was found, some years ago, a portion of a very rude, and certainly very ancient quern or handmill, formerly used for grinding grain. Leightons Hist. [History] of Fife Vol II pp 139. 140.