OS1/34/42/9
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWORDIE HILL | Swordie Hill Swordie Hill |
Mrs. Aitken Proprietor Swordie Mains John McLaren Syke |
001 | [Situation] About ¾ mile WNW. [West North West] of Upper Bonnytoun. A small hill having a gradual ascent all round - it rises in a cultivated field S [South] of the Parish boundary and N.E. [North East] of Bonnytounside, on the top is an enclosed piece of young mixed wood, nearly in the form of the figure 8 - There is a vague tradition in the vicinity of a battle having been fought about this place, but when, or between whom is altogether unknown, there is not even a conjecture about it. In the Parish of Borrowstounness some distance N [North] of this place some stone coffins were found whilst digging for drainage. |
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[Page] 9Ph. [Parish] of Linlithgow -- Sheet 1, No. 15, Trace 1
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Alison James- Moderator, Jeanette
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