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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAVEN DIKE | Continued | [According to the] tradition of the locality it formed the northern defence of a large Roman Camp, the other sides were defended by the rivers Tay and Isla. The Tay has altered its course considerably since the period of this Camp, for Messrs. Duff, & Stewart says that tradition has it, anciently passing by the Kirkton of Lethendy to Deuhead when it took an angle & thence skirted southerly along the base of that slope extending to the present course of the Tay near Meiklour House, the nature of the ground would bear this tradition out, hence the slope will form the western boundary of the Camp as near as possible. | ||
| ROMAN CAMP [Cleaven Dyke] | 063 | At Meiklour about 4 miles to the South of Craig Roman (Blairgowrie Ph. [Parish] ) in an angle formed by the confluence of the Isla and Tay are clearly to be seen the remains of a Roman Camp capable of containing the Army of Agricola, protected by the two rivers in question on two sides; of the triangular encampment. it was only necessary to throw up an entrenchment in front towards the north, & accordingly you may trace throughout its whole length, a rampart in some places still 20 feet broad & 5 feet high, extending in a straight line from the Isla to the old course of the Tay. The praetorium too is quite distinct, and runs no risk of being degraded, in short there is not a shadow of doubt regarding the authenticity of the Camp Perth Constitutional 21st. Oct. 1840. There appears to have been a roman station 3 miles to the east of this (Camp at Inchtuthill) in the moor of Meiklour, towards the extremity of the parish. The line of the Roman military road leading thither, can still be traced through the parishes of Scone, St Martin's & Cargill: & this road seems unquestionably to be the continuation of that which passed through Strathmore & crossed the Tay at Rome a little to the westward of Scone, where probably there was a bridge of wood over the river. Where the Roman road touches on the Isla, a bridge is also supposed to have stood, of which the necessity is evident, for the purpose of opening a communication from the south with the station near Meiklour - Here the Romans raised a wall of earth, about 24 feet thick, defended by a ditch on each side 60 feet distant from the wall. This wall, which is now named the Cleaving Dike, stretched above 2 miles & a half from the ancient course of the Tay to the Isla; which by their commodious junction 2 miles below, completely |
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J.B. L.Col [John Bayly Lieutenant Colonel]
Transcriber's notes
Description continued from previous page: OS1/25/13/162, and continued on next page: OS1/25/13/164
Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 13 - Parishes of Caputh and Dunkeld and Dowally, OS1/25/13
This volume contains information found in the parishes of Caputh, and Dunkeld and Dowally.
Ordnance Survey - Perth 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 Perth, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.