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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EILDON HILL NORTH | The Eildon Hills The Eildon or Hildon Hills - i.e. high Hills The Eildon Hills The Eildon Hills The Eildon Hills |
Bowers Hist. [History] of Melrose - Milne's Hist. [History] of Melrose Ph. [Parish] (1743) J. T. Dunn Esqr Allan Freer Esqr Revd [Reverend] Mr Murray |
008.05 | Three very remarKable Conical hills in the Southeast part of the parish of Melrose, and in the northeast of Bowden Ph. [Parish]; the boundary between the two above parishes crosses what is called the "Middle Eildon", or "Mid Hill" on the northeast hill there is the remains of a very larg "Roman Camp" which Surrounds the whole hill; the top of these hills Commands a beautiful prospect of the surrounding Country for many miles, the Stones on these hills, have a clean, light, hard appearance, as if they had underwent the action of fire - And are quite free from a mixture of clay - These hills are the property of the Duke of Buccleuch - These Hills are supposed by antiquarians to be the Trimontium, or Three Peaked Mountain Commanding a View of the principal steading in this Country of the Romans, and this steading is supposed to have been at Newstead, a valley about 2 miles North of the hill on which the Roman Camp is. |
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[Page] 213Melrose Parish -- Sheet 8-5 -- Trace 6
John McCabe
[Note] -- These three promontories are generally termed
"The Eildon Hills" or "The Eildons" but as they
are so far apart, each being on a
distinct or separate sheet, and even
in different Parishes - they are written
as "Eildon Hill North" - "Eildon Mid Hill"
and "Eildon Hill South"
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Moira L- Moderator, John Dunlop
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