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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HAIRY BULL | Hairy Bull Hairy Bull Hairy Bull |
R. Thorburn Coldingham Shore John Colvin Coldingham Shore Archibald Johnstone Coldingham Shore |
006.09 | A rock on the sea shore on the west side of Eyemouth Fort. |
LOOF HARD ROCKS | Loof Hard Rocks Loof Hard Rocks Loof Hard Rocks |
Robert Thorburn John Colvin Archibald Johnstone |
006.09 | Three detached rocks at the north end of Eyemouth Fort. |
EYEMOUTH FORT (Remains of) | Eyemouth Fort [remains of] Eyemouth Fort [remains of] Eyemouth Fort [remains of] |
Robert Thorburn. Coldingham Shore James Tait Eyemouth John Brown Eyemouth |
006.09 | On a small promontory immediately north west of Eyemouth are distinctly traceable the remains of an extensive fortification, constructed by the English Army under the command of the Duke of Sommerset. It was first erected by the Duke of Somerset in his famous expedition against Scotland in 1547, and was shortly after demolished in terms of a treaty concluded at Boulogne between France and England 24th March 1550. A few years after Regent Mary, wishing to involve Scotland in the war then raging between France and England ordered D'oysel, her General to rebuild these Fortifications. who, though much harassed by the Garrison of Berwick succeeded in again putting the place into a state of defence. at the subsequent peace however it was a second time demolished and the next Reign which witnessed the union of the Kingdoms deprived it of its importance and prevented its re-erection_ St. Acer Berw P.P. 325 and 326 |
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[Page] 3Parish of Eyemouth
Sheet 6 No 9. Trace 6
J McDiarmid C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
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Note - The Proctector. on the second day after his arrival in Berwick, escorted by his own band of horsemen and a few more, rode to Eyemouth, where, having examined the inlet by which the small river Eye discharges itself into the sea, he found it would be a commodious place for a harbour, and, soon after. ordered a Fortress. for defending its entrance , to be built on a promentory on its North side. of this fortress he appointed Thomas Gower Marshal of Berwick to be Governor - Redpaths Border history Page. 560.
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