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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
THE SWALLS	The Swalls	The Rev [Reverend] J Baird Minister Mr Henderson Schoolmaster William Kirkup Shepherd	017.10	A hill having three peaks or Summits its situation is near Old Hatterburnhead and is only known in the locality by this name.
STEER RIG	Steer Rig Steer Rig Steer Rig Steer Rig	The Rev [Reverend] J Baird Minister Mr Henderson Schoolmaster William Kirkup Shepherd Mr Craig Carburn	017.10	This name applies to a long hill varying in height and dividing the two countries of England and Scotland its length in the parish of Yetholm is nearly a mile and in the parish of Morebattle about 1/4 mile. Vulgarly called Sterock or Storroch
THE PIPER'S GRAVE	The Piper's Grave	The Rev [Reverend] J Baird Minister Mr Henderson Schoolmaster William Kirkup Shepherd Dr [Doctor] Turner Surgeon	017.10	Rather more than 1/2 a mile from Old Hatterburnhead and little more than 1/4 mile from the boundary between England and Scotland near a wall which divides the parishes of Yetholm and Morebattle is firmly fixed in the Ground a Stone which is said to mark the Grave of a Piper, who is said to have perished in the snow and was buried here in accordance with an old custom where two Lairds' lands join.

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Parish of Yetholm
Sheet 17 Plan 10

Steerrig Knowe [Note] For authorities see N. Bk. [Name Book] of Morebattle on sheet 17.14

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