OS1/5/23/47

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BLACKCASTLE RINGS Blackcastle Rings (Camp) (Remains of) Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Walker Greenlaw.
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Fairbairn Greenlaw.
Mr. Black Greenlaw Dean.
021.07 The remains of this camp, which is still in good preservation, are situated about two miles N. W. [North West] from Greenlaw, a short distance below the Confluence of the Fangrist Burn with the Blackadder Water, and on the very verge of their precipitous banks, were a deep ravine forms a sharp angle and one of the sides of this encampment. It is supposed by some to be of British by others of earlier construction and of Saxon origin. __ A piece of a Silver chain has been found there several years ago. __
DElL'S NEUK Deil's Neuk Mr. Black Greenlaw Dean
Mr R. Chisholm. Crawlee.
Mr. Watson Woodend.
021.07 A ravine in the banks of the Blackadder, with the Camp called BlackCastle Rings on its verge towards the north it falls abruptly on both sides to a considerable depth and exposes on its bare slopes the red sandstone. __
CAMP (Remains of) [Blackcastle Rings] 021.07

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[page] 47 Ph. [Parish] of Greenlaw. Sheet 21 No. 7 Trace 5 Collected by H. Sharban___

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