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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CRAW'S CAIRN (Tumulus) Craw's Cairn
Craw's Cairn
Craw's Cairn
Mr. James Hardy, Penmanshiel
Mr. McGregor, Ph. [Parish] Schoolmaster
Berwickshire Naturalists Club, (Pamphlet)
004.08 [Situation] About ten chains N E [North East] from Penmanshiel and five W. [West] from the West Side of Penmanshiel Moor A small Mound or hillock on Penmanshiel Farm, it was formerly much higher than it is at present, the land has been under tillages a Number of Years and every time it is ploughed the Cairn reduces in size, The Origin of the Name is not known, there are a great number of Tumuli on the Moor. About 1/4 of a Mile S.E. [South East] of it, They are not very high but sufficiently so to attract the attention of a passer by, they are supposed to be British Remains,

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