Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAIY STONE | Caiystone | Rev [Reverend] L Balfour Colinton John Corron Comiston |
006 | A large block of Whinstone in a Standing position on the Summit of Caiyside 10 ft [feet] high and 4ft [feet] in breadth and 1½ in thickness. and about 4 or 5ft [feet] below the ground in shape somewhat like this - [there is a line drawing of an irregular rectangular object] The Accounts that I can glean about this stone are various. It is supposed by the peasantry that a general name Kay or Caiy fell in some conflict here but at what period no account can be given. from a more intelligent Authority viz. the Rev [Reverend] Lewis Balfour Parish Minister. he thinks that it was placed there in memory of some general name "Camo or Camus" belonging to the Danes who were engaged in a severe conflict with the Saxons on this hill |
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List of Names collected by John E. Daveran R S [Royal Sappers] & Miners
Caiystone Object: Standing Stone [Ancient]
[Township or Parish] Colinton
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 16 - Parishes of Colinton, Lasswade, Currie and Liberton, OS1/11/16
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of Colinton, Lasswade, Currie, and Liberton.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian 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 Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.