A treatise on the mineral waters of Gilsland / by W. Reid Clanny, M.D., M.R.I.A., Honorary member of the Royal Physical Society of edinburgh, and of the Kirwanian Society of Dublin, Eire.

  • Clanny, William Reid, 1776-1850.
Date:
1816
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the mineral waters of Gilsland / by W. Reid Clanny, M.D., M.R.I.A., Honorary member of the Royal Physical Society of edinburgh, and of the Kirwanian Society of Dublin, Eire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Stone, with the figure of Victory in bass- relief, very neatly sculptured upon it, which may now be seen at the Shaws. These two hills appear to be artificial, and not unlike Danish raths or mounts. They are both in the county of Northumber- land. The rivulet Powtross skirts them, and the road from Glenwhelt to Gilsland passes between them. The town of Brampton, about eleven miles distant from the Shaws, is chiefly remarkable for its antiquity, and a lofty conical mount, called the moat, or castle- hill, which is situated at the east end of the town. The acclivity of this mount is considerable, and its height is about three hundred feet perpendicular. Near the summit is a ditch and rampart, which entirely surround the hill, the crown of which has been formed into a plain, about forty paces in diameter, and defended by a breastwork. The view from the sum- mit is very extensive and pleasing.