Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAREHEAD CASTLE (Site of) | Harehead Castle (Site of) Castle (in ruins) |
George Dods David Denholm Forrest's Co. [County] Map |
021 | [Situation] Adjoining Harehead about 1¾ Mile SSW. [South South West] from Duddy Hill On the spot marked on tracing adjoining the farm house of Harehead, Stood Harehead Castle, formerly a residence of the Earls of Hyndford. Mr George Dods, farmer, states that his family have been farmers in this neighbourhood for upwards of a century and that this Castle was burned down about a hundred years ago. This was Communicated to him by his uncle was an eye witness to the Conflagration. There is no tradition in the County Concerning it & from the absence of any written account it cannot have been a place of any importance. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Innerwick
Form 136 Page 27 Site of Harehead Castle
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian county, OS Name Books - East Lothian county - Volume 6 - Parishes of Innerwick and Oldhamstocks, OS1/15/6
This volume contains place names information in the parishes of Innerwick, and Oldhamstocks.
Ordnance Survey - East Lothian 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 East Lothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.