OS1/21/19/51
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN KNOWE (Site of) | (Site of) Green Knowe (Site of) Green Knowe (Site of) Green Knowe (Site of) Green Knowe |
Adam Sim Esqr (Coulter Mains) Dr [Doctor] Sommers (Biggar) David watson (Snaip) John Whyte (Culter |Shaw) John Waston (Nisbet) |
040.06 | ' The valley to the West of this Cow Castle, though it now consists of good established fields, was in the memory of man an impossible morass, in which a curious place of security had been constructed. As all trace of it has disappeared, I copy the description of it in the Statistical Account. 'A mound of an oval shape, called the Green Knowes, measuring about thirty yards by forty rises about two or three feet above the surface of the surrounding bog. On penetrating into this elevated mass, it is found to consist of stones of all different kinds and sizes, which seem to have been tumbled promiscuously together, without the least attempt at arrangement. Driven quite through this superincumbent mass are a number of piles sharpened at the point, about three feet long, made of oak of the hardest kind, retaining the marks of the hatchet, and still wonderfully fresh. A causeway of large stones connects this mound with the firm ground. All around is nothing but soft elastic moss |
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