inant rock, but there are also
limestone, whin, the old red sandstone, and granite. At one time there
were two slate quarries wrought on the Aberuchill Hills, but for the
last twenty years they have been closed. A lime quarry on Lochearnside
in former times supplied the whole district with material for lime, but
carriage, labour, and fuel have become so expensive, that both builders
and farmers find it more economical to get lime ready for use from the
south. There is granite in Glenlednock, and as the railway has now
been extended to the village from Crieff, it is possible that some day
it may be a source of industry to the inhabitants. In several places
in the district of which we write there are traces of what are supposed
to be Druidical remains. One cannot help regretting that the old
Druids should have confined the knowledge of their religion to their
own order, and that they should have left so few traces of their
mystical rites to posterity, except what may be gathered from rude
stones scattered here and there throughout the country. On the plain
of Tullybannocher, and near the east lodge of Dunira, there are several
standing-stones, which antiquarians believe to be the remains of
Druidical circles. On the plain of Dalginross, also, near the junction
of the manse road with the public road, there are three large stones,
supposed to be the remains of a Druidical temple. One of these, about
8 feet in length, stands, or rather leans, at an angle of 45 degrees;
the others are lying flat upon the ground. One of them, a round, flat
boulder, bears upon its surface cup-marks arranged in irregular
concentric circles. Was this the sacrificial stone of an ancient
Druid; or are these boulders relics of the glacial period, and were the
marks alluded to caused by the action of the weather? When we come to
deal with Roman remains we stand upon firmer ground. On the same plain
of Dalginross, and a short distance to the north of these boulders we
have referred to, is the site of the old Roman Camp, Victoria. About
the end of last century the outlines of the fortifications seem to have
been quite distinct, but since that time the plough has obliterated
almost every trace of them. There seem to have been two camps at
Dalginross--a larger and a smaller one, the former capable of holding
10,000 troops. Here, it has been held by some writers, the great
Battle of Mons Grampius was fought between the Caledonians under
Galg