1883,] WOODS AND FORESTS OF PEBTIISHIIiE. 95 



the Tron for weighing wool and other bulky articles still stands in the old 

 market-place, with the joug3 attached, to which ofifenders used to be fa.stened. 

 The ancient cross, bearing the date 1G08 (the second and last figure, however 

 now broken off), also stands in the centre of the village square, with a neat iron 

 railing round it. The village itself is one of the most beautiful in Perthshire 

 und its proximity to the great Beech hedge, which may justly be described as 

 one of the arboreal wonders of the world, gives it an air of some little importance, 

 This hedge is so remarkable that parties have been known to travel from the 



THE FALLS OP EEUAR. 



most remote parts of the country for the express purpose of seeing it. The 

 trees composing the hedge, which is neatly trimmed, reach an average height of 

 about 80 ft., and the length of the hedge is 580 yards, or exactly one-third of a 

 mile. Throughout its entire length the hedge is as compact and perfect as^ it 

 could possibly be, and looking down upon it from the corner of the road leading 

 to the village, it appears as a great arboreous wall, shutting out everything 

 behind it, and extending as far as the eye can reach. The hedge is believed^tc 

 have been planted in the year 1746. An old inhabitant, who died about 1878, 

 remembered his father telling him about the building of the dyke in front of 

 the hedge, which was impressed upon his memory by the fact of a number ot 



