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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLA KNOWE | Galla Knowe Galla Knowe Galla Knowe Galla Knowe |
A. Douglas Esqr. Agent Jerdonfield A. Jeffrey Esqr. Jedburgh R. Henderson Mossburnford Statistical Acct [Account] of the Parish |
021.11 | [Situation] 1/2 mile SW [South West] of Parish Church. A Slight eminence covered with fir wood, immediately to the west of Oxnam, having on its Summit an artificial mound known in the district as the "Moat" on the property of the Marquis of Lothian. |
| MOAT [Galla Knowe] | Moat Moat Moat Moat |
A. Douglas Esqr. A. Jeffrey Esqr. R. Henderson Rev.[Reverend] J. Wight Oxnam Manse |
021.11 | [Situation] On Galla Knowe. An artificial mound about 98 feet in diameter, and probably 15 feet in height which tradition declared to have been the place appropriated for the execution of criminals during the Border Wars. |
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[Page] 15Parish of Oxnam -- Sheet 21 No 11 T. [Trace] 4.
[Signed] Thomas Watson Corp: R.E. [Corporal Royal Engineers]
Moat [Note] The date generally attributed to origin of these antiquities is earlier than the feudal times - that of the Pictish of Saxon and contemporary with Fortsd &c J Innes
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