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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CORSES 042
ROUND KNOWE 042
SAX CORSES 042
SIR HUGH OF MORELAND AND FIVE OF HIS MEN INTERRED HERE, SLAIN BY WILLIAM WALLACE [Sax Corses] 042

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Parish of Kirkmichael Plan 42.1 Trace No. 2

Corses Thomas Moffat 1/3 mile north,east, by A range of cot houses
Corses Corses James Stewart north, from Parkgate. with small gardens attached.
Corses Thomas Eskdale The name is derived from a large
stone a short distance from the houses.
Sax Corses Statistical Account 35 chains north, east, Called the Sax Corses underneath this stone six men
Sax Corses Reverend Mr. Dobie by north, from Parkgate are supposed to have been buried. They are said
Sax Corses Sax Corses Thomas Eskdale to have been killed in an encounter which took
place between Wallace and a party of English.
Sir Hugh Moreland
and five of his men
interred here, Slain by Wallace 1297.

Round Knowe Thomas Moffat 46 chains north,east, A small wooded knowe.
Round Knowe James Stewart from Parkgate.
Round Knowe Round Knowe Thomas Eskdale

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