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Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Tumulus | Continued | 027 | [continued from page 27] The site of the mound is still quite traceable, and the farmer states that so much black earth was taken from it that it topdressed the whole of his farm which is a pretty considerable one. |
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| TUMULUS [Ballownie] | Tumulus | New Stat [Statistical] Account David Reid Ballownie |
027 | A remarkable little knoll near the last mentioned, It is of rather irregular shape, having been tampered with, It is similar to one, on the Hill of Stracathro, in Brechin Parish, which General Roy mentions as a signal station of the Romans in connection with the camp at Keithock. It is sometimes called "Law Hillock" and has probable been a knoll of justice. "An artificial hillock corresponding to one about a mile distant, on the Hill of Stracathro, They have been called Cairns, but from their commanding situation it is more likely they were used as signal stations" New Stat [Statistical] Account |
Continued entries/extra info
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Co [County] Forfar -- Parish of Stracathro
[Amendment]
Authority for the information
Tumulus continued [note]
dotted circle or
slight mound?
[Initialled] JB
Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 79 - Parish of Stracathro, OS1/14/79
This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Stracathro.
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.