OS1/14/78/4A

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LAW OF BRIGTON [cairn] Law of Brigton
Law of Brigton
Law of Brigton
William Bruce, Hill of Hallyards
Mr. Steele, Farmer, Brigend
David Simpson, Farmer, Keithick Pr. [Proprietor] of Bridgend
036 A few loose stones still evidence the Site of this Law or Cairn, from which, Mr. Steele informed Colonel Bayly, he carted away quantities of stones. - Mr. Simpson remembers that human remains and an urn were found at it.
Site of CASTLE DIKES Site of Castle Dikes Old Statistical Account
William Bruce, Hill of Hallyards
Mr. Steele, Farmer, Brigend
David Simpson, Farmer, Keithick Pr. [Proprietor] of Bridgend
036 "On the south & south west side of the parish there is an enclosure of great antiquity, concerning the use of which tradition gives no account. It is nearly of a square form & contains about an English Acre of ground. The walls which are of earth, as far as can be judged, have been originally of considerable height and breadth. A deep and wide ditch on the outside of the wall, filled with water from an adjoining morass is still almost entire. This Fort, now known by the name of Castledykes, was probably a place of retreat to the neighborhood in times of turbulence & barbarism."
Old Statistical Account
The only remains of this object in existence are as represented on the plan from a survey &c. made by Colonel Bayly R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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