OS1/24/14/12
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPER OF PEEBLES GRAVE | Pipers Grave Pipers Grave Pipers Grave . Pipers Grave Piper of Peebles Grave |
Mr John Gordon Toll Keeper Dewargill Toll Mr James Tait Shepherd Chirney Inverleithen Johnston's Co [County] map Armstrong's Co [County] map Companion to Armstrong's Co [County] map Six Inch plan Co [County] Edinburgh |
010 | [Situation] About 12 Chains W. by N. [West by North] from Gill Rig Tradition says "that in former times a piper engaged to play the pipes without intermission for a wager from Lauder to Peebles a distance of 26 Miles and got only as far as the Spot marked "The Piper's Grave" when he fell down exhausted and died on the Spot as it happened to be upon the boundary between the Counties of Edinburgh and Peebles, he was interred here hence the name, |
Continued entries/extra info
[page] 12Parish of Inverleithen -- Sheet 10 No 6 -- Trace 1
[Note] -- For name see six Inch plan Co. [County] Edinburgh
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Moira L- Moderator, P Wills
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