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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 4 - Parish of Canonbie, OS1/10/4

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[Page] 232
Parish of Canonbie -- Sheet 59 No 6 -- Trace 3

[Note Scots' Dike] -- See Page 2.
[Note Scotsdike Plantation] -- (one word)

[Note] -- Dyke though a common mode of spelling adopted by
Statistical and other authorities and established in many
districts of Scotland is not however recognised either Jamieson
Brockett or English lexicographers. But Jamieson gives Fail - Dyke a
wall of turf. Dike from Danish DIKE is probably the most correct
spelling as applied to this antiquity, but probably Dyke from German
DYCK may with propriety be applied to modern fences etc. Vide Names of
several farms in Dumfriesshire when dyke is the established mode
of spelling
Dike - Dyk, a wall - a ditch, -- Dr [Doctor] Jamieson's Sc. Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]
Dike, a hedge, or fence, that
which is digged. -- Brockett's Glossary of North Country words.

[Signed] James Harper Ca [Civilian assistant]

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 4 - Parish of Canonbie, OS1/10/4

This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Canonbie.

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dumfries, which is in the south west of Scotland.

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