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Volume contents
- 1 - Liff and Benvie , Index
- 3 - Liff and Benvie , Page 3 (Start)
- 10 - Liff and Benvie , Page 10
- 20 - Liff and Benvie , Page 20
- 30 - Liff and Benvie , Page 30
- 40 - Liff and Benvie , Page 40
- 41A - Liff and Benvie , Loose Item
- 50 - Liff and Benvie , Page 50
- 60 - Liff and Benvie , Page 60
- 61 - Liff and Benvie , Page 61 (End)
- 62 - Liff and Benvie , Title Page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of Battle Supposed Between Picts and Scots (Continued) | [continued from page 41] "mile from Lochee, and rather more than half a mile N.E. [North East] of Camperdown. At the side of a gate which opens into it, there is a rude coat of arms consisting of three piles, the points meeting in base, with the initials F.W. and the date 1601. These are the arms of Wishart, but how they came there no one can tell." "The only battle fought in this neighbourhood, of which any account is to be met with, occurred in 831, between the Scots & Picts. An incident decided or mainly contributed to decide the day in favor of the Picts. During the conflict, Brude, King of the Picts, caused all the attendant women in his camp to put themselves in array, and as a fresh reinforcement make a show of attacking the Scots." At the time the armies joined in battle, Alpin was looking on from the Castle on the Law, and observing one of his wings begin to give way he sallied out with the Garrison and his attendants to support it and gave the fresh charge, which proved fatal to him". "At the east side of Lord Camperdown's fields of Dryburgh, there is a large tumulus, with a considerable sized stone upon its summit called the "King's Cross", which stone is traditionally believed to have supported the Royal standard." |
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John W Rider
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]
Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 61 - Parish of Liff and Benvie, OS1/14/61
This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Liff and Benvie.
Ordnance Survey - Angus county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.