OS1/11/20/119
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SHERIFFHALL | Mr P Galloway Letter Carrier Millar Haugh Mr John Young Sheriffhall | 007 | A dwelling house with offices and a garden attached and pleasantly situated on a mound or small hill, it is traditionally said to have been the head quarters of an army who were encamped in the neighbourhood and by some old people said to have been a Roman Military Station. | |
THE KAIM | Mr P Galloway Letter Carrier Millar Haugh Mr John Young Sheriffhall | 007 | A high ridge of zig zag form which appears to have been artificial; commencing at Sheriffhall and extending northward to Campend along the old road from Dalkeith to Edinr [Edinburgh] from Campend it takes a bend to the right till it ends near Newton Church. it is supposed to be a part of an extensive Roman Camp and it is said to have extended from Sheriffhall to Inveresk |
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Names collected by J McDiarmid C.A.119 [page]
Plan 7.C Trace No. 2
A tradition among the old inhabitants in the neighbourhood
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