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On the lands of Carpow and near the junction of the Earn with the waters of the
Tay, there have been discovered foundations of buildings. These are within the policy
grounds around the mansion-house of Carpow; and when the surface of the ground
was scorched by the extreme drought of 1826 attention was particularly drawn to them
and to their extent.
A recent excavation in these grounds bring to light the foundations of many old
walls. They are rudely constructed of Stones and pieces of brick with what would
now be considered a very superfluous expenditure of lime and cement. One apartment
pretty entire of which the walls are standing to the height of 20 Inches measures 10 feet
by 18 and seems to have been neatly floored with tiles. Another appears to have been
fitted up as a bath, It is 7 feet by 10 and the floors and sides are carefully
plastered over with a hard compact cement apparently composed of lime and brick
dust.
Near to this there was dug up a few years ago a piece of lead pipe about an
inch and a half in internal diameter and rudely soldered together with a course
external seam. It is now together with some Roman urns coins and fragments of bones
&c, found in the neighbourhood in possession of Peter Hay Patterson Esqr. of Carpow.
While Sibbald refers to ruins as existing in his time in the district he also refers
to a Roman road as leading from thence to Ardoch and another to Perth.
New Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] of Perthshire page 857