Kippen
Timber Track (Prehistoric)
Site Name Kippen
Classification Timber Track (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Moss Logan
Canmore ID 45399
Site Number NS69SW 16
NGR NS 64 94
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45399
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kippen
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS69SW 16 64 94.
It is reported in 1796 that a timber trackway similar to that at Blair Drummond (see NS79NW 17) was discovered in 'Moss Logan' (in Kippen parish). The area of the discovery has not been located.
RCAHMS 1979; OSA 1798; G Chalmers 1887
"Mr Stirling of Carden informed me lately, that in his moss near Kippen (NS 64 94) another subterranean road has been discovered made of wood, part of which was nicely mortised. The extent of it has not as yet been ascertained" (J Ramsay 1814, unpublished MSS in NLS).
M L Anderson 1967
Note (1979)
Kippen NS69NW
It was reported in 1796 that a trackway similar to that at Blair Drummond was discovered in 'Moss Logan'; the area of the discovery has not been located.
RCAHMS 1979
(Stat Acct, xviii 1796, 322; Chalmers 1887-1902, i, 188)
