made amoHg the natives of Scandinavia, I do not learn that aryl
W/7, * are there’ 3 fmgle inftance excePted °n the!
B rn n t^ ’ tv m0Untam half 3 Norwegian league diftant from!
H rn n° m° re 3re d,Tcovered’ i£ 's probable that the!
nvaders did not bring this mode of building with them. Bui
ey mig t ave conlidered the ufe and conveniency of thefe {true I
tures and adopted the plan, making fuch improvements as ap'l
peared to them neceffary. Thus in feme they formed walls, w l l
„allenes within; and in others, eroded fmall buildings in the I
areas f , to prated them from the inclemency of the weather- fori
a s l l l e 311 Cr my’S C° ? try’ the W were t0 M them I f i , garn o n s. on the contrary, the natives never might con-1
from T 7 ° ther %ht th3n 35 mort and from an invading enemy. It I M pretty certai^nm, pthoar£a r9y r eBtreatsI I
Z reaChed fome °f the Places where we -now fee thefe I
On thngSV ° \ atJkaft’ neVel‘ made any more than 3 ftort inroad. I
On the other hand, they poifelfed the iflands and fome of the coafts I
*or a long feries of years ; and had ample time to form any im-1
provements that were agreeable to them. I
A few other antiquities are alfo found in this pariih On a I
poftd of 7 f “ V n Strath-Ardle' m c’rcidar mount, com-I
on whole f r°Un ’ mixed with earth, coated with turf, I
fummit ]S an ereft four-iided ftone, of a confiderable I
a b o u f t \ br nd t d Sa id Uf ed t0 Was £he work o f K ; " g s u em , who died in M I
5 th bare “ o ed°Urr arS 7 ' M R T * H I K \ I
f - g l e tower from Z % £ " ^ ^ ^ * «*• I
t Vide the Voyage to the H eb rifa , p. 2 lg . 2g2_ ^
fize. I
fize. This feems a fepulchral memorial of fome perfon of rank
whofe urn is probably beneath. Another ftone of the fame kind
is alfo to be feen at fome diftance from it, at the edge of the
river.
At the eaft end of the fame plain is the, appearance of a grave,
fixteen feet long, with a large ftone at each end. In the language
of the country, this is ftyled the grave of high blood, from a
tradition, that a Danijh prince was flain and interred here. It is
fufpeded that a ikirmilh might have been fought here, and the
flain in general buried in this place.
Of caftles of a more modern date, this pariih boafts only one,
in the hollow of Mouline, of a fquare form, built with bad whin
ftone, cemented with hot lime, fo ftrong as fcarcely to be broken.
Two round towers yet remain, and a tranfverfe wall. The veftige
of the ditch is ftill to be traced. The inhabitants afcribe the building
to one of the Cummins-, but Sir James Balfour*, with more
certainty, gives it to Thomas of Galloway, Earl of Athol and acquaints
us, that it was the refidence of the antient Earls. ’
Proceed on my way; and, after a lhort ride through a barren
and dreary trad, am again enraptured with the charms of Faf- '
kaUy, which appears like fairy ground, amidft the wild environs of
mggy mountains, Ikirted with woods; is feated in a beautiful
^adow °n one fide bordereci with woods; on the other bounded
appears » 2 1 1 9 t0 H 9 B i i I a fma11 diftance
blino- dor g gfr0m b« w«m the wooded rocks, and tumfcenes.
* preClplce of Sreat height, to water thefe delicious
* M. S.
Salmons
C a s t l e s .