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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEIR [nr. Mid Borland] | Keir Knowe Keir Knowe Keir Knowe |
William Ferguson, Easter Borland & Auchensalt George Fisher Pollabay Mr McDugal Mid Borland |
131 | A small knoll which has every appearance of having been forced by art, its shape is an irregular square, a little rounded at the angles. The North west and North sides and defended by a fosse. The other sides by a natural ravine. A few years ago when Mr Ferguson the present farmer was digging for stones a great many small bones were thrown up, and the stones were of the common land boulders which appeared to have been collected from the land at some remote period. |
| KEIR [Mid Borland] | Keir Knowe Keir Knowe Keir Knowe |
Mr. McDugal George Fisher Mr Robertson |
131 | On the farm of Mid Borland is another knoll of the same name and apparently artificial but of an oval shape. As to their use tradition is quite silent, farther than the inhabitants believes them to have been fortifications at some remote period. Car, Cair, or Keir, Signifies a Wall or mound of defence. See description of Keirhead in the adjoining plan. [Initialled] D.H. |
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[Page] 80[Note beside 'Keir'] - "In the country upon the Forth, northward of the
Roman Wall, on the isthmus, between the firths, there are
a number of British forts, which are perched upon little
hills, are surrounded by a rampart, which on many of them
still remains. And the general appellation, in the country
for these forts, is Keir, which is evidently a corruption of the
British Caer, a fort". Such were some of the British forts, standing
Southward of the Forth. There is also a range of the same kind
of strengths along the face of the country, on the north side of the
same river, which are equally known by the common name of Keir
and which appear to have been the only Caledonian posts, which were designed
by them to oppose the Roman progress, as indeed Tacitus intimates" - Chalmer's Caledonia p [page] 93.
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