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The statistical account of Scotland (1796)
The statistical account of Scotland - 1796 Author:John Sinclair Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: in procuring this necefiary article of life. However, the advantages refulting from the excellent roads, that are nearly finithed, will foon be felt by the count... more »ry at large. Some attempts have been made in this country to difcover coal, but they have all bem abandoned without hope of fucceeding. Indeed, from the conftam appearances in the moft favourable fituations, there is reafon to conclude, that, if coals are to be found, they mull lie ata very great depth. Without adding to what has been faid of the practicability of a canal, in the Statifiical Account of Meigle , it may juft be oblerved,. that, by leading a canal round the Linn of Campfey, and narrowing the Tay in fome places, that river might be made navigable a great way up. by means of horfes, and boats conftruc- tetl on purpofe, at a finall expence. St CSV — There are (till vifible at Coupnr the vef- tiges of a Roman camp f, laid to have been formed by the ar Sec Vot. I. No. LIII. I On the center of this camp, Malcolm IV. founded" an Abbey for Cifciriun Monk, A. D. 1104, and endowed it with large revenues This, houie was (bunded by advice of the Abbot of Melrrls, who was of the fanie oruer ; and it is faid the Monks wer long remaikable for their pi sty and exemplary lives. From the pavement, and b.ife; of pillars, and fubterrane- oitt paifagss that have been J'fcovered, tins Ahbey appears to have been a houie ot confiderable m?j;nitude. Next to the Scottilh Kings, the Hays of Ekkol v. ere (lie principal bene- faiftors to the Ablify of Coupar. 1 te latter granted it the lands of Liddcrpok', feveral acres ot" ar.ible land cr.i the banks of the Tay, and liberty of rifliiri on that river. Thi Monks were allowed free paltage w'uh their c-itile over nil the lands belonging to the hnufe of lirrol. Gilbert Hay, Co-ifta...« less