OS1/29/4/3
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Bowden (Parish) | Bowden (Parish) | Continued | times, the occasional residence of the Roxburgh family - The house and lands of "Holydean" were included in the grants made by David I to the monks of Selkirk, and were confirmed to them, by renewed charters, after their translation to Kelso. Holydean, was not long ago, a strong fortification of its kind. The Court yard, containing about 3/4 of an acre, was surrounded by a strong stone and lime wall, four feet thick, and sixteen feet high, with slanting holes between Fire-free stones, about 30 feet from each other, from which an arrow or musket could have been pointed in different directions - upon an arched gateway in the front, there was a strong iron gate - Within the Court stood two strong Towers, the one of three, the other of five stories, consisting of 8 or 10 lodgeable rooms, besides Porters' lodges. |
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Parish of BowdenW. Beatty CA [Civilian Assistant]
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Transcriber's notes
in describing castle wall stones, surveyor uses word that looks like "FIRE-free". but a few pages later the same word is definitely "FIVE". So transcribed in both situations as "FIVE".Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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