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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| YETHOLM | Yetholm | Contiunued | [Continued from page 2] Several peaceful and romantic little Valleys lie encompassed amid these hills; and the Vale of Bowmont itself, in which nine-tenths of the inhabitants reside, is only a longer Vale of the same description - That part of this Vale which lies in the parish of Yetholm two mile long and from a quarter to nearly half a mile in breadth, and appears encircled on every side by hills, except in the East, where it opens into England. Towards the middle of this Vale, and near the village of Town Yetholm, another valley, or tract of low level ground, the opposite Sides of which rise to a considerable elevation, branches off in a westerly direction towards Yetholm Loch - There are several British Forts or Camps within this parish, generally fortified with two fosses and ramparts, are probably two or three hundred yards in diameter, and from their situation must have been very strong and impregnable fortifications - On a little spot of ground, now a peninsula, & sometimes covered [Continued on page 4] |
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[Page] 3Parish of Yetholm
[Signed] W Beatty
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