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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATRAIL | Cat Rail Cat Rail Cat Rail Catrail Picts Work Ditch Catrail or Pictsworkditch Catrail or Pitcsworkditch |
Walter Scott Priesthaugh David Scott Priesthaugh John Beattie Dodburn Chalmers' Caledonia Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Roxburghshire |
032.10 | [Situation] South of White Hill. From the remains still existing it appears to have been a vast ditch with a rampart on each side, formed from the materials thrown out of the excavation, It runs for about 45 miles in the counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh, from near Crosslee on the Gala to Peelfell, on the confines of Northumberland, See Page 2. |
| PICTS', WORK DITCH [Catrail], | Cat Rail Cat Rail Cat Rail Catrail Picts Work Ditch Catrail or Pictsworkditch Catrail or Pitcsworkditch |
Walter Scott Priesthaugh David Scott Priesthaugh John Beattie Dodburn Chalmers' Caledonia Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Roxburghshire |
032.10 | [Situation] South of White Hill. From the remains still existing it appears to have been a vast ditch with a rampart on each side, formed from the materials thrown out of the excavation, It runs for about 45 miles in the counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh, from near Crosslee on the Gala to Peelfell, on the confines of Northumberland, See Page 2. |
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[Page] 57Parish of Kirkton -- Plan 32, 10 Trace 2
[signed]
R. Stotherd
Capt. R. Engrs. [Captain Royal Engineers] 30th Oct 1858.
P. Munro
Lce Corp: R.E. [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]
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