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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Lilliard's Stone | Lilliard's Stone | continued | Struck off - In honor of her memory, the spot where she fought & fell, & on which she was buried, is marked by a monument the original of which has almost all been destroyed, but in whose stead a new one was lately erected on which is inscribed the original epitaph, which runs thus ", (see preceding page), New Statistical Account P244. The foregoing statements must not be taken as being correct as Jeffrey in his "History of Roxburghshire" demolishes the whole Fabric - He writes as follows - "We have now to notice another memorial standing on the top of Lilliard's Edge and said to be erected near the spot where a lady of that name fell fighting in the Scottish Ranks at the battle of Ancrum Moor, in 1545 - The tradition |
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