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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| FORT (16th Century) (Remains of) [Morrison's Haven] | Fort (Remains of) Fort (Remains of) Fort (Remains of) |
Revd. [Reverend] J. Struthers, minister Prestonpans Mr. Anderson Morrisons Haven Mr. Turnbull Prestonpans. |
008 | [Situation] In the village of Morrison's Haven. This is the remains of an ancient Fort or fortification at present consisting of a portion of wall the dimensions of which is about 10 feet high, about 9 feet thick and it is perforated with 3 or 4 circular apertures each about 3 or 4 Inches in diameter, apparently intended for shooting arrows or other missiles. This was the north side or that fronting the sea. The fort was apparently of a rectangular or oblong shape. Part of the walls of a farm house and its offices were originally part of this as there are part of them of uncommon thickness, within the fort was a draw well which is now covered up. "Morrisons/Achesons haven fort - The remains of which still exist at south end of harbour & in connection with which there is an underground passage running in a south easterly direction for some hundred yards was originally constructed about 1547 when John Acheson an officer in Scots guard at Paris having offered to erect it under certain conditions was sent over with a commendatory letter from the King of France to Mary of Guise then Regent in Scotland. Cromwell is said to have destroyed it after the battle of Dunbar & little more than foundation is now visible" Correspondence relating to Antiquities from the Revd. [Reverend] J. Struthers minister of Prestonpans to Capt. [Captain] James R.E. [Royal Engineers] |
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