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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilliard's Stone | Lilliard's Stone | continued | that at this time the English held Roxburgh and nearly all Teviotdale - The top of the edge was therefore a convenient place for the meeting of the Commissioners of either Kingdom Lyliot's Cross may have been erected by the monks of Melrose as one of their boundary stones on their obtaining property in Morehouselaws from Robert de Berkley, and his wife Cecilia, and in testimony of which gift a great stone was erected in Morrie - But be this as it may, it is clear that the erection is of an earlier date than the period fixed by popular tradition - The place where the maiden fell, is pointed out on the slope of the ridge, at a short distance from where the Stane is set up - It is easy to see how the cross came in the course of time to be associated with the maiden, who is said to have fallen in battle - Being situated on the summit of the ridge, and a conspicuous object, it would form a guide Post to the grave, and in the lapse of years be identified with it - |
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