The Republic of Scotland

part is situated Renfrewshire, named from the small town in which its assemblies are accustomed to be held; commonly called a Barony. Two rivers cut through its middle, to both of which the name is Cart. After the Barony is Clydesdale, stretched along both banks of the Clyde, and itself divided into several jurisdictions on account of its size. It pours forth more noble rivers: from the left, the Avon and the Douglas, which run down into the Clyde; likewise from the right, another Avon, which divides Lothian from the territory of Stirling. These two rivers have received the common appellation of "river" in place of a proper name, just as in Wales, by a different dialect, is the one they call the Avon.

The territory of Stirling is separated from Lothian in the south by the Avon, and from the east by the estuary of the Forth, until, little by little, becoming less than itself and reduced to the proper size of a river, it suffers [a bridge] near Stirling bridge. One river cuts through the region which is worthy of mention, the Carron, near which are some ancient monuments. To the left of the Carron are two earthen mounds, built by the labor of men (as the matter indicates); they are commonly called Duni Pacis. Lower down, moreover, at the same river, at nearly two thousand paces, is a round building without mortar, but with rough stones so