344 Dr. Mac Culloch on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, 



peculiar to Glen Roy. The Same names are applied to hills in 

 Glenco, in Glen Lyon, and in many other places ; while the very 

 tombs of these heroes which occur in so many different parts of 

 Scotland would prove that they possessed an ubiquity even after death. 



Equally idle traditions are recorded concerning certain hollows 

 now to be seen in Glen Turit, which are supposed to have been 

 constructed for cooking their venison, and which go by the name 

 of Coir na Fion; the kettles of Fingal. But admitting that tradition 

 were to be received as evidence in such a case as this, it is not 

 difficult to show that even tradition is at variance with itself. For 

 they have been equally attributed to certain Scottish kings who are 

 supposed to have resided in Inverlochy Castle. 



The date of this building is much too modern to admit of any 

 connection between it and the appearances in question, were they 

 even ascertained to be roads. It is a quadrangular structure occu- 

 pying an area of about 1600 yards, and like Harlech and others of 

 the Welsh castles of Edward's time, consists of four curtains with 

 rlanking towers at the angles. The height of the curtain is from 25 

 to 30 feet, and that of the towers from 40 to 50. The scarp extends 

 to a distance of 12 feet from the foot of the wall, and the whole is 

 surrounded by a moat, once wet, 40 feet in breadth. It has two 

 principal gates, one to the land and another which appears to have 

 extended to the water. Sally ports and loop holes are also to be 

 observed in the towers, some of the latter being intended to cover 

 the sally port and others to flank the curtain. Remains of a build- 

 ing which seems to have been intended for a drawbridge are also 

 visible. This construction altogether, not easily misapprehended by 

 antiquaries, to whom the marks of age more or less distant are 

 visible in ancient military works in more circumstances than those 

 which I have now pointed out, shows that it cannot be referred to 



