The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...of either now remain. It is quite possible the rampart may have gone a short way up the ascent at Bridgeness Knoll and then turned along the face of the Brae to Graham's Dike farm, which would add a little to the length; but there is nothiug in the gentle descent to have prevented the Wall going strait from the Knoll to Graham's Dike farm, and we shall take the measures on that supposition. 10 yards beyond the Monumental Tablet to Kinneel House, adding 6 yards for difference of measurement on surface to that on ground plane of Map. 2 miles 152 yds. Kinneel House to Inveravon Tower, adding 7 yards..... 1 mile 1484 yds. Bridgeness Stone to Inveravon Tower. 3 miles 1636 yds. Inveravon Tower to mid-stream of Avon Water, 377 yards. Stone to mid-stream, 4 miles 253 yards. Roy's Measurement. Roy carries on the rampart to the "Height behind Camden Kirk." It is not easy to fix this spot with precision, but we have fixed it as near as we could. From Graham's Dike farm to the Height in a straight line measures 1350 yards. From Graham's Dike farm to the point at the stone where our measurements began, reaches 846 yards, the difference, 504 yards, must therefore be deducted from Roy's distance from the Height behind Carriden Kirk to Kinneel House, which he makes to be 2 miles 530 yards, leaving 2 miles 26 yards as the distance from the Bridgeness Stone. Bridgeness Stone to Kinneel House. 2 miles 26 yards. Kinneel House to Inveravon Tower. 1 mile 1640 yards. Bridgeness Stone to Inveravon Tower. 3 miles 1666 yards. Legionary Stone Of II. Legion. The inscription on the Legionary Stone, as already described, amounts to--4652 passus = 4 miles 451 3'ards by D'Anville's estimate. Do. = 4 miles 488 yards by Dr. Smith's Dictionaries. We should have expected the Avon ri...