OS1/15/26/6

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  4. East Lothian, volume 26
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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TANTALLON CASTLE Tantallon Castle 003 Tantallon Castle Continued
A curious etymology of the name Tantallon is traditionally preserved in the Country. ie. that the two Architects of the Castle Thomas and Allan, obtained permission from the proprietor to inscribe their own names on the front of the building in large Roman letters, which ran thus, Tam et Allan, hence the name the Country people give it Viz Tam-t-allan,
This ruin is beautifully and most accurately described by the author of Marmion.

Abridged ext. [extract] from Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland and from forms 136,

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[Page] 6
Page in F. [Form] 136
Parish of North Berwick

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Chr1smac -Moderator, Douglas Montgomery

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East Lothian County, North Berwick Parish, Whitekirk And Tyninghame Parish

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Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Haddingtonshire, Sheet 3 Ordnance Survey Six-inch To The Mile, Haddingtonshire, Sheet 3