A Descriptive and Historical Gazetteer of the Counties of Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan, with Anecdotes, Narratives and Graphic Sketches, Moral, Political, Commercial and AgriculturalMacLachlan & Stewart, 1857 - 400 pages |
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... hills of the county , exclaimed in ecstasy " Mine own blue Lomonds ! " Was not Fife the scene of Macbeth's bloody tragedy , -as also of the unparalleled treachery and barbarous murder of the son of Robert III . ? Had not Fife the honour ...
... hills of the county , exclaimed in ecstasy " Mine own blue Lomonds ! " Was not Fife the scene of Macbeth's bloody tragedy , -as also of the unparalleled treachery and barbarous murder of the son of Robert III . ? Had not Fife the honour ...
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... hills are bold , abrupt , and precipitous . In almost every other part the hills are either cultivated , or covered with pasturage . Two lofty conical peaks surmount both ex- tremities of the Lomonds . One , termed the East Law , is ...
... hills are bold , abrupt , and precipitous . In almost every other part the hills are either cultivated , or covered with pasturage . Two lofty conical peaks surmount both ex- tremities of the Lomonds . One , termed the East Law , is ...
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... Hill , and Earlsferry , are considerably harder than any of the whinstone family in the county . Trap rocks are all of ... hills : but the track was lost , and ended in finding only lead . While referring to metals , I may make the ...
... Hill , and Earlsferry , are considerably harder than any of the whinstone family in the county . Trap rocks are all of ... hills : but the track was lost , and ended in finding only lead . While referring to metals , I may make the ...
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... hill - forts . One of great strength was on Dunearn hill , but which soon yielded to the art of the Romans ; also upon Carneil hill , near Carnock ; one on Craigluscar hill , 11⁄2 mile north from Carnock ; one on 40 EARLY HISTORY .
... hill - forts . One of great strength was on Dunearn hill , but which soon yielded to the art of the Romans ; also upon Carneil hill , near Carnock ; one on Craigluscar hill , 11⁄2 mile north from Carnock ; one on 40 EARLY HISTORY .
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... hill , 3 miles north- west of it ; one at the north part of the parish of Strathmiglo ; one on the hills near Newburgh ; and many others . We find by the concurring testimony of Julius Cæsar , Dio , and Taci- tus , that the Horestii ...
... hill , 3 miles north- west of it ; one at the north part of the parish of Strathmiglo ; one on the hills near Newburgh ; and many others . We find by the concurring testimony of Julius Cæsar , Dio , and Taci- tus , that the Horestii ...
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