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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BIRKS CAIRN | Birk's Cairn | Mr. Forbes Laverlaw Andrew Burnet Highland Shiel |
017 | [Situation] South of Yellow Mire Hill. This is the remains of a circular pile or heap of Stones, on the Summit of a hill S.W. [South West] of the Yellow Mire. It is said to be a place where a man of the name of Birk or Birch was buried, he having been found dead on the hill, and was supposed to have been murdered. |
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[Page] 28Parish of Traquair (Detd. [Detached]) -- Sheet 17 No 7 Trace 2
[Signed]
James Carpenter C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant]
31st. January 1857
[Signed]
R. Stotherd
Capt. Rl. Engrs. [Captain Royal Engineers]
30th. April 1858.
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