OS1/30/14/78
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Upright Stones | Upright Stones | Revd [Reverend] Mr Russell. Walter Turnbull. Sir Walter Scotts Border Minstrelsy Vol [Volume] 3 |
010 | These stones according to Sir Walter Scott and local tradition mark the place where the encounter took place between the Seven Brethren sons of one of the Earls of Douglas and Lord William, with whom their sister had eloped, the fugitives were overtaken about a mile from Blackhouse Castle when Lord William encountered and successively killed the whole seven receiving his death wound at the same time. the stones are said to be erected where the Douglas' fell. |
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