OS1/29/40/26
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRNY KNOWE | Birny Knowe Birny Knowe Birny Knowe |
W.R. Ogilvey Broadhaugh James Miller Lochburnfoot James Elliot Lochburnfoot |
032.10 | [situation] South of Ringwood Hill. A hill, on the farm of Broadhaugh, with a fort on its eastern slope. |
| FORT [Birny Knowe] | British Fort Camp Camp |
W.R. Ogilvey James Miller James Elliot |
032.10 | [situation] On the N.E. [North East] of Birny Knowe A neat and strongly constructed Fort, in good preservation, on the eastern slope of a gradually falling hill, there is no authority to shew whether Roman or British but it is most probably the latter |
| LOCH BURN | Loch Burn Loch Burn Loch Burn |
W.R. Ogilvey James Miller James Elliot |
032.01 | [situation] In the S.E. [South East] corner of the Sheet. A Small stream having its its source in BlacKcleuch Moss and falls into the Allan Water. |
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[page] 26Plan 32.1 Trace 6 -- Teviothead Ph. [Parish]
Birny Knowe [note] Birny - having a rough or stunted stem - applied to plants i.e. like the stems of burnt heath furze &c. - Dr [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
[signed] Owen Barrett
Civil Assistant
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