OS1/10/48/114
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CAIRN HILL | Cairnhill Cairnhill Cairnhill Mosshead Hill |
Mr. Johnstone, Gibson Mr. John Bell farmer Mr. John Graham Mr. William Reed Shoemaker |
051 | [Situation] 1/4 mile N.E. by N. [North East by North] from Mosshead A hill feature on the lands of Mosshead the altitude less than 1000 ft. [feet] from Sea-level. "It is supposed a Cairn once stood here belonging to the Romans, In digging a quarry here there has been found a trough containing bones & some beads." |
FORT [Mosshead] | British Fort British Fort British Fort |
Mr. Johnstone of Gibson Mr. John Bell, farmer Mr. John Graham, farmer |
051 | [Situation] 18 Chains N.E. by N. [North East by North] from Mosshead The South side consists of a bank and no fosse. The North & West slight vestiges of bank where it has been ploughed. It is recognised in the district as being a Camp. This has been a British Fort it stands on the side of a hill &c. and the nature of the contour or lie of the ground did not admit of a ditch or fosse being made. |
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