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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 74 - Parish of Newtyle, OS1/14/74

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Parish of Newtyle, -- County Forfar -- Sheet 42-16 Trace 3

Site of Camp [notes]
"Near Auchtertyre a small village in the parish there is
a well commonly called the Crew Well and adjoining
it there are the evident remains of a Camp of Square form
and of no great dimensions. In the Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] this
encampment is said to have been one of Montrose's army
during the Civil wars. In a recent History of the Highlands and
Highland Clans, notice is taken of the Earl of Crawford and
his followers from Fife, having been in arms in the parish, which make
it questionable whether the entrenchment may not have been one of that body
of troops." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Forfarshire p. [page] 559

It is difficult to trace the origin of the above Camp
to any particular age or people. It is therefore better
write it simply "Site of Camp," in German Text. - see extract
from New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]

Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 74 - Parish of Newtyle, OS1/14/74

This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Newtyle.

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.

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