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Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 20 - Parish of Culross, OS1/25/20

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Parish of Culross -- Sheet 140 No 14 Trace 6

The same remarks apply to this fort as to this mode
of writing the name on plan, as to that in page

There are still to be seen the remains of two old Camps from their oval form evidently Danish one
in the NW. [North West] quarter near a place Called Burrowan which is said to be the station to which the
Danes retreated after their defeat at the battle of Inverkeithing; the other a good way farther south i
n the muir of Culross was the station occupied by the Danes before the battle of Culross. The
Praetorium is pretty entire, at least the trenches around it are very discernible."
Old Stats. Accts. vol. [Statistical Account volume] 10 p. [page] 147

Ordnance Survey - Perth county, OS Name Books - Perth county - Volume 20 - Parish of Culross, OS1/25/20

This volume contains information found in the parish of Culross.

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.

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