C am b u s - k e n -
KBTH.
St e r l i n g ,
elegant. Am now again in a portion of Perthshire, I
half a mile out of the road, to vifit the ancient abby of I
Cambus-Kennetb, or rather its remains, nothing being J
the rude hand of reformation, excepting a vaft fquare f
and an arched door-way, between which is a fine view oil
ling, on its Hoping rock. This houfe was founded by
in 1 147, for canons-regular of St. Aug-ufiine, brought froth*
near Arras ; but the fuperiors were often called abbots of i/f
Keith fays, that it now belongs to St. Cowan’s hofpital, i f
city. James III, and his queen were buried in this place.' i
After a ihort ride, reach the bridge of Sterling, now of J
in the days of Sir William Wallace, of wood. On this fidef
hero obtained the glorious viitory over the Englijh, commf
by the Earl of Surry, and impeded their retreat by fawin4
fore the fight, the polls of the bridge, which fell by thew^
of fugitives. _
Enter S t e r l i n g , a town, fays Boethius, which gave nail
Jlerltng money, becaufe OJbert, a Saxon prince, after the 1
throw of the Scots, eftabliflied here a mint *. It was alii*
trendy called S triv elin g as is faid, from the frequency of |
or conflifts in the neighbourhood : and from this old nainl
prelent feems to have been formed.
The town contains about four thoufand inhabitants; J manufacture of tartanes and flialloons, and employs about t|
ooms in that of carpets. The great ftreet is very broad; I
is the tolbooth, where, is kept the ftandard for the wet meal
fa U6' * ’ i>’ 206' SterHng m° ney “ deHved from merchants o fth e i|
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