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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WHITE CASTLE (British Fort) | White Castle White Castle Whitecastle |
Robert Thomson John Dods Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1841 |
016 | [situation] About 7/8 Mile S.E. [South East] by E. [East] from Castle Moffat An ancient camp situated on an eminence on the farm of Nunraw Barns. It is defended by ramparts and ditches & is in a tolerable state of preservation. From its shape it is probably Saxon. There is no tradition in the country respecting it. |
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[Page] 11Parish of Garvald & Bara
49 - White Castle
[note] White castle to be written in Stump on plan and British Fort to be written in Old English as directed in a Sheet of remarks from O.M.O. [Ordnance Mapping Office] on Plan 5.C.
"Adjoining the Lammermoor hills are situated the ruins
of whitecastle in the eastern boundary of the parish. In early
times this fortification was of considerable importance as it
guarded a pass from the Merse and from England".
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Haddingtonshire 1841
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Bizzy- Moderator, Douglas Montgomery
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